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Cinnabar

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Cinnabar

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Description
Locality: 
Tongren Mine, Bijiang District, Tongren, Guizhou Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5.4 × 4.8 cm
Description

Great classic! Completely exposed cinnaber crystal esthetically set on top of bright matrix. This form of crystallisation is also called the bishops cap. Minor backlight was used to point out the deep intense red color of the crystal.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cinnabar

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