AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from California > Mercury with Tiemannite, Cinnabar, Pyrite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 64472 |
Mineral: | Mercury with Tiemannite, Cinnabar, Pyrite |
Locality: | Castle Rock Springs, 24 km northeast of Healdsburg, Sonoma County, California |
Description: | Spherical droplets of metallic native mercury (naturally occurring mercury) on gray-brown matrix with minor red cinnabar, yellow-metallic pyrite and gray-metallic tiemannite. Ex. Lucile Squier (1905-2007) collection; ex. Robert M. Eaton (1918-2002) |
Overall Size: | 6.5x3.5x3 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 2 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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