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Mercury With Cinnabar

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Mercury With Cinnabar

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Description
Locality: 
Socrates Mine, Castle Rock Springs, Sonoma County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 2 × 1.4 cm
Weight: 
10.00gr
Description

Rich specimen covered with numerous bright silvery droplets of native mercury, associate to red cinnabar at the matrix. Socrates mine is a classic locality, that was exploited between 1880 and 1919, and this is a representative sample. 

Acquired in 21/5/1975. Ex Gustaaf collection #230, with his handwritten label. 

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mercury

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

Cinnabar

Formula: 
HgS
Strunz: 
2.CD.15a
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5

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Belgium (Tracked)
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NL, DE, FR, LU (Tracked)
10
Rest EU (Tracked)
11
EUROPE (NO EU) (Tracked)
12
USA, CANADA (Tracked)
14
REST (Tracked)
14

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