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Montroydite & Mercury

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Description
Locality: 
Socrates Mine, Castle Rock Springs, Sonoma County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.3 × 0.8 cm
Description

A rich specimen of montroydite with native mercury from the Socrates Mine.   This specimen features a central vug showing nearly total coverage of jumbled montroydite needles with small balls of mercury intermixed.   Very hard to photograph due to the complexity of the needles and reflective mercury.   

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Montroydite

Formula: 
HgO
Strunz: 
4.AC.15
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA

Mercury

Formula: 
Hg
Strunz: 
1.AD.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Tin white

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