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Cinnabar Mercury & Siderite

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Description
Locality: 
Las Cuevas Mine, Almadén, Ciudad Real, Castilla La Mancha, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.9 × 4.4 × 3.4 cm
Weight: 
50.00gr
Description

Euhedral, striated, cherry-red gemmy crystals of cinnabar with splendid resinous lustre from Almadén, “The” super classic locality for this species, already exploited by the Romans 2000 years ago. The specimen is also richly salted by dozens of silver lustrous native mercury droplets and orange rounded clusters of nice siderite crystals, that are not common.

Collected in the 1960’s, it is an Ex A. Álvarez specimen. Combine specimens to reduce shipping costs!.

 

Shipment WITH tracking to USA: €39.00; NO tracking: €22.00.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cinnabar

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

Mercury

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

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

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Belgium (Tracked)
7
NL, DE, FR, LU (Tracked)
10
EUROPE 1 . or 2 (Tracked)
11.15
CANADA (Tracked)
21
USA (NOT Tracked) . or USA (Tracked)
22.39
REST (Tracked)
22

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