Mercury

  
Origin: Socrates mine, Sonoma Co., USA
Sample size: 4 x 3 x 3 cm with 0.5-1 mm beads
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
  
An extremely rich ore specimen liberally covered with shiny bubbles or drops of native mercury (quicksilver) and tiny streaks of cinnabar. Mercury is the only recognised mineral that is found as a liquid at room temperature. Cinnabar alters to native mercury in the oxidized zone of deposits. Native mercury is also quite rare.
  
Ex. Marty Zinn collection
Origin: Socrates Mine, Sonoma Co., California, U.S.A.
Sample size: 5.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm (top/2nd row), 5.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm (3rd/bottom row)
 
  
Native mercury droplets with cinnabar
Origin: Sonoma County, California, U.S.A.
Ex. Ed Ruggiero collection
Sample size: 7.2 x 5.4 x 2.2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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