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Cinnabar With Marcasite

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Cinnabar With Marcasite

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Description
Locality: 
Banditella Mine, Arcidosso, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 2 cm
Weight: 
30.00gr
Description

Very interesting piece of Cinnabar with Marcasite from an old Tuscan cinnabar mine on Monte Amiata

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cinnabar

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

Marcasite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.10a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5