Metacinnabar

Metacinnabar on quartz
Origin: Mt. Diablo mine, Contra Costa Co., California, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

  
 
Origin: Mt. Diablo, Contra Costa, California, United States
Eaton Collection
Sample size: 7 x 6 x 3 cm (top), 7 x 4 x 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

Variety onofrite, black grains of this Se-bearing metacinnabar in matrix
Origin: Rüdersdorf, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
Sample size: 3 x 3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
  
Ex. Meieran collection
  
Ex. Martin Zinn collection
Origin: Mt. Diablo Mine, Clayton, Contra Costa Co., California, U.S.A.
Sample size: 3.3 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm (top/2nd row), 6.5 x 3.6 x 1.5 cm (bottom)
 
  
Origin: New Almaden District, Santa Clara Co., California, U.S.A.
Sample size: 10.2 x 6.5 x 6.1 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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