| Locality type: | Mine |
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| 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 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Dolomite | 187 |
| Quartz | 87 |
| Calcite | 25 |
| Ankerite | 2 |
| Graphite | 1 |
| Stibnite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Cinnabar data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Tongren Mine, Yunchangping Town, Bijiang District, Tongren, Guizhou, China |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (180 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 3711 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:3711:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Cinnabar |
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| 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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Tongren Mine, Yunchangping Town, Bijiang District, Tongren, Guizhou, China