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Hypercinnabar Mineral Data
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General Hypercinnabar Information
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 Chemical Formula: |
HgS |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 232.66 gm |
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Mercury 86.22 % Hg |
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Sulfur 13.78 % S |
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100.00 % |
| Empirical Formula: |
HgS |
| Environment: |
Microscopic grains in metacinnabar. |
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1978 |
| Locality: |
Mt. Diablo mine, Contra Costa County, California, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
Named for its trimorphous relationship with cinnabar and metacinnabar. |
| Name Pronunciation: |
Hypercinnabar + Pronunciation  |
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