Cinabrio
Cinabrio is a mineral with formula HgS, in the Sulfuros group. This specimen comes from Mina de Almadén, Almadén, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, España.
Description
Crystalline aggregates of intense red cinnabar arranged in a crack, on a light matrix. Surface with vitreous luster. The lower section has been cut with an angle grinder.
About Cinabrio
The primary ore of mercury and source of vermilion.
About the locality
History's premier mercury producer, with over 2,000 years of mining activity. Essential to 16th-century American silver refining via amalgamation. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage site together with Idrija.
Technical data
- Catalogue No.
- 0426
- Composition
- HgS
- Name
- Cinabrio
- Group
- Sulfuros
- Mine
- Mina de Almadén
- District / Municipality
- Almadén
- Province
- Ciudad Real
- Region
- Castilla-La Mancha
- Country
- España
- Size (cm)
- 4–5
- Etymology
- From Arabic «zinjafr», through medieval Latin «cinnabaris», the historical name of the red pigment.
- Quality
- Buena
- Value trend
- Estable
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