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Cinnabar Pyrite & Quartz

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Cinnabar Pyrite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Las Cuevas Mine, Almadén, Ciudad Real, Castilla La Mancha, Spain
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2 × 3.4 cm
Description

This is a very attractive and beautiful specimen. The brightness, habit, transparency, color and quality of the crystals is unsurpassed. A well-developed crystal. Collected 1996

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cinnabar

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

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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