A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Cinnabar from New Almaden, California |
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| Description | Cinnabar, HgS (mercury sulfide), typically has a vermillion to red color. It has been used as a pigment, but more importantly as an ore of the metal mercury. It is mined in many places, including most famously Spain and Italy. This sample comes from a mine near New Almaden, California, USA. It is 8 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ California. Near New Almaden. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-07-09. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #205. |
| Key words | cinnabar, mercury, California |
| Tech details | 619 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1062 |
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