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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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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: |
Hexagonal Space Group: Unk |
| X Ray Diffraction: |
By Intensity(I/Io): 1.892(1), 1.98(1), 3.08(1), |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
| 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 |
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(02.08)where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=1:1 |
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(02.08.08)Dana Group |
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02.08.08.01 Hypercinnabar HgS Unk Hex |
| Strunz Class: |
02.CD.15b 02 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulf |
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02.C - Metal Sulfides, M:S = 1:1 (and similar) |
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02.CD -With Sn, Pb, Hg, etc. |
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02.CD.15b Hypercinnabar HgS Unk Hex |
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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
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Hypercinnabar
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Dana No: 02.08.08.01 Strunz No: 02.CD.15b
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