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Cinnabar from
Tongren Mine, Yunchangping Town, Bijiang District, Tongren, Guizhou, China


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cinnabar
Formula:HgS
Comments:This region has produced the world's finest cinnabars.

Great specimen in Natural History Museum, Oslo 11 x 7 cm, pre 1895 [see Bancroft, Peter (1973) The World's Finest Minerals and Crystals].
Habit:Modified rhombs and penetration twins to several cm
Colour:Blood red on dolomite, dark red on quartz
Luminescent properties:none
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Significance:Classic locality for this mineral (see references.)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Dolomite187
Quartz87
Calcite25
Ankerite2
Graphite1
Stibnite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cinnabar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tongren Mine, Yunchangping Town, Bijiang District, Tongren, Guizhou, China
Photo GalleryView Gallery (180 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:3711
Long-form Identifier:1:3:3711:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cinnabar
1.9km (1.2 miles) Yunchangping Mine, Dadongla Hg-Zn ore field, Bijiang District, Tongren, Guizhou, China
2.9km (1.8 miles) Guanyintang-Lijiapo Hg deposit, Chatian ore district, Chatian Hg-Zn ore field, Fenghuang Co., Xiangxi, Hunan, China
5.0km (3.1 miles) Chashula Hg deposit, Chatian Hg-Zn ore field, Fenghuang Co., Xiangxi, Hunan, China
6.2km (3.8 miles) Jiangzhai Hg deposit, Chatian Hg-Zn ore field, Fenghuang Co., Xiangxi, Hunan, China
6.2km (3.8 miles) Chatian Mine (Tsa Tien Mine), Chatian ore district, Chatian Hg-Zn ore field, Fenghuang Co., Xiangxi, Hunan, China
6.6km (4.1 miles) Touponao Hg deposit, Chatian ore district, Chatian Hg-Zn ore field, Fenghuang Co., Xiangxi, Hunan, China
6.6km (4.1 miles) Baiyabi Mine, Chatian Hg-Zn ore field, Fenghuang Co., Xiangxi, Hunan, China
7.3km (4.5 miles) Niudouping Hg deposit, Chatian Hg-Zn ore field, Fenghuang Co., Xiangxi, Hunan, China
7.8km (4.8 miles) Tingziguan Hg deposit, Chatian ore district, Chatian Hg-Zn ore field, Fenghuang Co., Xiangxi, Hunan, China
8.4km (5.2 miles) Xiaolong Hg-Zn deposit, Chatian Hg-Zn ore field, Fenghuang Co., Xiangxi, Hunan, China
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