Metacinnabar
sold- Locality
- Mt. Diablo Mine, Contra Costa Co., California, USA
- Minerals
- Metacinnabar
- Dimensions
- 5 x 4 x 3 cm
- Size class
- Miniature
- SID
- AU636
Grey crystals of Metacinnabar to 2mm sprinkled all over matrix. Metacinnabar is a rare mercury sulfide mineral. These were collected back in the 1960s. This mine was the closest mineral locality to my hometown while growing up and is now closed.