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Name: |
cinnabar |
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Class: |
Sulfides |
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Chemistry: |
HgS mercuric sulfide |
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Color(s): |
red |
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Hardness: |
2 - 2.5 |
SpecGrav: |
8 - 8.2 |
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Fracture: |
splintery |
Cleavage: |
perfect |
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Crystal: |
hexagonal (rhombohedral - thick plates common) |
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Envronment: |
near hot springs and volcanic activity |
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Association: |
pyrite, marchasite, stibnite, realgar, galena, hematite |
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Locals: |
| Almaden/Spain | California, Nevada, Oregon, Texas/USA | China | |
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Misc: |
name originally from ancient Persian "zinjifrah", "dragons blood", soluble in aqua-regia. Used as a carving material in China. |
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