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Name: Metacinnabar RRUFF ID: R060950 Ideal Chemistry: HgS Locality: Ryan mine, Contra Costa County, California, USA Source: Bob Jenkins [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark orange brown submetallic crystals Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
| Mineral Group: [ Sphalerite (35) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Metacinnabar samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R060950.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 5.841(3)Å b: 5.841(3)Å c: 5.841(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 199.30(6)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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| REFERENCES for Metacinnabar | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file] |
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Moore G E (1870) Ueber das Vorkommen des amorphen Quecksilbersulfids in der Natur, Journal für Praktische Chemie, 110, 319-329 [view file] |
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Schrauf A (1892) Ueber Metacinnaberit von Idria und dessen Paragenesis, Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt, 41, 349-400 [view file] |
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Potter R W, Barnes H L (1978) Phase relations in the binary Hg-S, American Mineralogist, 63, 1143-1152 [view file] |
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Biagioni C, Orlandi P (2009) Tiemannite e metacinabro della miniera Buca Della Vena (Alpi Apuane), Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Memorie, Serie A, 114, 13-17 |
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Borisov S V, Magarill S A, Pervukhina N V (2009) Characteristic features of crystal chemistry of natural mercury-containing sulfides and sulfosalts, Journal of Structural Chemistry, 50, 853-860 |
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Ballirano P, Botticelli M, Maras A (2013) Thermal behavior of cinnabar, α-HgS, and the kinetics of the β-HgS (metacinnabar) ￫ α-HgS conversion at room temperature, European Journal of Mineralogy, 25, 957-965 |
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