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Cinnabar With Quartz Psm Calcite

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Cinnabar With Quartz Psm Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Roßwald Mine, Stahlberg, Rockenhausen, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 3.5 × 3 cm
Description

Crytals of cinnabar on a layer of quartz pseudomorphs after calcite. From the 1980´s. FOV 1.0 and 6.8 mm.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cinnabar

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

Quartz

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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