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General Hypercinnabar Information |
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 Chemical Formula: |
HgS | ||
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 232.66 gm | ||
| Mercury 86.22 % Hg | |||
| 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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Hypercinnabar Image | |||
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Hypercinnabar Crystallography |
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| Axial Ratios: |
a:c = 1:2.01569 | ||
| Cell Dimensions: |
a = 7.01, c = 14.13, Z = 12; V = 601.32 Den(Calc)= 7.71 | ||
| Crystal System: |
HexagonalSpace Group: Unk | ||
| X Ray Diffraction: |
By Intensity(I/Io): 1.892(1), 1.98(1), 3.08(1), | ||
Physical Properties of Hypercinnabar |
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| Cleavage: |
None | ||
| Color: |
Red, Purple black. | ||
| Density: |
7.43 | ||
| Habit: |
Microscopic Crystals - Crystals visible only with microscopes. | ||
| Hardness: |
3 - Calcite | ||
| Luster: |
Adamantine | ||
| Streak: |
reddish black | ||
Optical Properties of Hypercinnabar |
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| Optical Data: |
Uniaxial (+), w=2.61, e=2.85, bire=0.2400. | ||
| RL Anisotrophism: |
Distinct in oil. | ||
| RL Color: |
Grayish white. | ||
Calculated Properties of Hypercinnabar |
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| Electron Density: |
Bulk Density (Electron Density)=6.36 gm/cc note: Specific Gravity of Hypercinnabar =7.71 gm/cc. |
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| Fermion Index: |
Fermion Index = 0.26 Boson Index = 0.74 |
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| Photoelectric: |
PEHypercinnabar =1,479.61 barns/electron U=PEHypercinnabar x rElectron Density=9,414.31 barns/cc. |
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| Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Hypercinnabar is Not Radioactive |
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Hypercinnabar Classification |
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| Dana Class: |
02.08.08.01 (02)Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides | ||
| (02.08)where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=1:1 | |||
| (02.08.08)Dana Group | |||
| Strunz Class: |
02.CD.15b 02 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulf | ||
| 02.C - Metal Sulfides, M:S = 1:1 (and similar) | |||
| 02.CD -With Sn, Pb, Hg, etc. | |||
Other Hypercinnabar Information |
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| References: |
NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Dana8) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) | ||
| See Also: |
Links to other databases for Hypercinnabar : 1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Athena 3 - GeoScienceWorld 4 - Google Images 5 - Google Scholar 6 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 7 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 8 - MinDAT 9 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 10 - Online Mineral Museum 11 - QUT Mineral Atlas 12 - Ruff.Info Search for Hypercinnabar using: Visit our Advertisers for Hypercinnabar : A Bijoux Google Search for HypercinnabarAdam's Minerals Google Search for Hypercinnabar Cape Minerals Google Search for Hypercinnabar Dakota Matrix Minerals Google Search for Hypercinnabar Excalibur Mineral Corp. Google Search for Hypercinnabar Exceptional Minerals Google Search for Hypercinnabar John Betts Fine Minerals Search for Hypercinnabar McDougall Minerals Google Search for Hypercinnabar Mineral News Website Link Rock and Mineral Shows Google Search for Hypercinnabar Weinrich Minerals, Inc. Google Search for Hypercinnabar Ask about Hypercinnabar here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Hypercinnabar Specimen Label here :
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