Cinnabar
ncat MAR01 M3239 Cinnabar, Calcite, Smithsonite, Hemimorphite, Coldstones Quarry, Greenhow, High and Low Bishopside, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Red to orange cinnabar on smithsonite with a few bladed crystals of hemimorphite. These minerals all on calcite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 38 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0185 Cinnabar, Unnamed quarry, Bulembu (Havelock), Hhohho Region, Eswatini
Dark red crystals and coating of cinnabar on quartz. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. This one of mine was mis-labelled. It is an old specimen, and the label read “Cinnabar, Digg’s Peak, Swaziland”. Digg’s Peak has obviously been misread at some point as it should have been...
ncat MAR01 M3816 Cinnabar, Kilkivan, Queensland
Crimson red cinnabar on quartz. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 19 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0036 M3823 Cinnabar, Almadén, Almadén mining district, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Ex Bernie Day Collection. Ex Jack and Dawn Leach Collection. Interesting choice of mounting with this specimen. There is really only one decent crystal, the rest of the cinnabar being patches frozen in matrix, and that crystal is right down the bottom edge of the specimen. Width of view 5mm....
5739 Tvalchrelidzeite, Cinnabar, Gomi As-Sb-Hg deposit, Oni District, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Georgia
Type Locality for tvalchrelidzeite, a rare sulphosalt with a specific composition of Hg3SbAsS3. A little red cinnabar too. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7404 JL1655 Cinnabar, Mercury, Jamieson Mercury mine, Quicksilver creek, Jamieson, Mansfield Shire, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995. Ex Museum Victoria. Ex Somerset Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
