A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Cinnabar with hemimorphite, calcite and malachite |
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| Description | Cinnabar, HgS (mercury sulfide), is an important mercury ore mineral. It often shows a distinctive violet to red color. In this sample it is seen with brown hemimorphite, Zn4Si2O7(OH)2•H2O (hydrated zinc silicate hydroxide). White to clear calcite, CaCO3 (calcium carbonate), and greenish gray malachite, Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 (copper carbonate hydroxide), are also present but are hard to see. The specimen is 6 cm across. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-07-09. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #436. |
| Key words | cinnabar, hemimorphite, calcite, malachite |
| Tech details | 463 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1072 |
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