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Metacinnabar & Hypercinnabar

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Metacinnabar & Hypercinnabar

Christopher J. Stephano

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Diablo Mine, Clayton, Contra Costa County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.6 × 0.5 cm
Description

Lustrous black crystals of metacinnabar and hypercinnabar on matrix.   From the collection of Christopher J. Stephano.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Metacinnabar

Formula: 
HgS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Redington Mine (Boston Mine; Knoxville Mine; Excellsior Mine), Knoxville, Knoxville District, Napa Co., California, USA

Hypercinnabar

Formula: 
HgS
Strunz: 
2.CD.15b
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Mount Diablo Mine (Mt. Diablo Mine; Diablo Mine; Ryne Mine), Mount Diablo (Mt Diablo), Mount Diablo State Park, Clayton, Diablo Range, Contra Costa Co., California, USA

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