Cinnabar – Schausammlung

Formula	HgS
Origin	Sechuan (China)
Description	intense blood red crystals in matrix
Classification (Lapis)	Sulfides
Crystal System	hexagonal
Hardness	2,0 – 2,5
Colour	Cochineal-red, towards brownish red and lead-gray
Streak	Scarlet
Luminescence	none observed
Lustre	Adamantine
Transparency (Opacity)	transparent
Cleavage	perfect
Fracture	subconchoidal to uneven
Magnetism	negative
Geological Setting	Formed from low-temperature hydrothermal solutions in veins, and in sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic host rocks
Specific Gravity	8,2 g/cm³