A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Cinnabar from Morton, Washington |
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| Description | Cinnabar, HgS (mercury sulfide), is a colorful mineral generally having a distinctive red or purple color. Large euhedral cyrstals are uncommon - it typically is very fine grained or massive. The cinnabar seen here is in a sandstone; the field of view is only about 5 cm across. Cinnabar is an important ore mineral for mercury. |
| Location | USA ▹ Washington. Near Morton. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-07-09. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #429. |
| Key words | cinnabar, Washington |
| Tech details | 764 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1078 |
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