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Cinnabar from
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cinnabar
Formula:HgS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cinnabar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:254654
Long-form Identifier:1:3:254654:4
GUID (UUID V4):e849dcd7-b441-4b48-bc65-7ce4411e4a75
Nearest other occurrences of Cinnabar
1.8km (1.1 miles) ā“˜San Giovanni Mine, Bindua, Iglesias, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
5.3km (3.3 miles) ā“˜San Giovanneddu Mine (S'Ega Porceddu), Gonnesa, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
6.8km (4.2 miles) ā“˜San Benedetto Mine, Iglesias, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
9.1km (5.6 miles) ā“˜Perdu Carta Mine, Domusnovas, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
10.7km (6.6 miles) ā“˜Candiazzus, Buggerru, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
12.4km (7.7 miles) ā“˜Sa Corona 'e sa Craba, Barbusi, Carbonia, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
12.7km (7.9 miles) ā“˜Malfidano mine, Buggerru, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
20.9km (13.0 miles) ā“˜Gennamari Mine, Arbus, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
27.3km (17.0 miles) ā“˜San Pietro Mine, Monte Tamara mining area, Nuxis, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
28.2km (17.6 miles) ā“˜Monte Zippiri Mine (S'Acqua Cotta Mine), Villasor, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
References
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(Federal Republic of, FRG) Great Britain Ireland Italy Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Swi~erland...comparative ethnology include areas of North and South America and of Polynesia for comparison. The Museum...Senarmontite Cassiterite Cassiterite Manganite Scheelite South Africa St Andreasberg, Harz, FRG Shikoku, Japan...Saxony, GDR llfeld, Harz, GDR Rio Marina, Elba, Italy Schneeberg, Saxony, GD R Wolfsberg, Harz, GDR Freiberg...particularly interesting collection of miners' lamps and mine surveying instruments. Ancient and mediaeval mining
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prospects in the Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan Province, Pakistan. I have at least alluded to this new...brucite of yore from the Tilly Foster mine in New York or Woodā€™s Chrome mine in Pennsylvania. In that the new...material found in 2005 in the Nā€™Chwaning III mine in South Africa, but Nā€™Chwaning brucite is graywhite...the RheinlandPalatinate, west-central Germany. Cinnabar, native mercury, and of course the Ag/Hg alloy...fine cerussite specimens from the old Monteponi mine, Sardinia, Italy, which Tomek Praszkier of Spirifer
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with Orbis Publishing Limited abcdefgh Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara Adapted from the original Italian...chrysocolla /05, 106 chrysolite 75 chrysotile /07, 108 cinnabar 12, /3 clinochlore 106 clinozoisite 88 cobalt...liquid drops in cinnabar at Idrija (Yugoslavia), some mines on Mount Amiata, Tuscany (Italy), and AlmadƩn...Filiform silver. Nicola Secci, Sarrabus, Sardinia (Italy) Dendritic copper famous (Michigan) 1822...the Witwatersrand in the Transvaal (South Africa), and indeed South Africa currently produces well over
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Translation Ā© Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years...chrysocolla 105, 106 chrysolite 75 chrysotile 107, 108 cinnabar 12, 13 clinochlore I06 clinozoisite 88 cobalt...59 zippeite 62 zircon 77, 78, 78 zoisite 88 THE MINE LKINGDOM All physical bodies in Nature can be...or slightly rotated Vitreous. Like glass 3 THE MINE Class I: native Ā·elements Chemical elernents found...liquid drops in cinnabar at Tdrija (Yugoslavia), son1e n1ines on Mount Amiata, Tuscany (Italy), and Almaden
Catalog/List
thick. Ā£13.00. BISMUTHINITE. George & Charlotte Mine, Tavistock Hamlets, Devon. Rich, silvery grey, bladed...veinstuff. IpHxl" , Ā£1.50. BISMUTHINITE. Patino Mine, Uncia, Potosi Dist., Bolivia. Choice, very rich...cavities. lixl-!;-". Ā£4.50. 14.'/ BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Clusters of tarnished Bornite...mm. 2x2xl-t". Ā£13.00. 15. BROCHANTITE. Mammoth Mine, Tintic District, Utah, U.S.A. Bright, deep green...3>}x3x2". Ā£4.50. 16. 17. CALCITE. Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill, Cumberland. Translucent, milky coloured
Translation Ā© Orbis Publishing Limited 1972 Printed in Italy by |GDA, Novara SBN O 85613 0001 For many years...chrysocolla 105, 106 chrysolite 75 chrysotile /07, 108 cinnabar 12, /3 clinochlore 106 clinozoisite 88 cobalt...liquid drops in cinnabar at Idrija (Yugoslavia), some mines on Mount Amiata, Tuscany (Italy), and AlmadĆ©n... Filiform silver: Nicola Secci, Sarrabus, Sardinia (Italy) endritic copper rmation. Houghton fichigan)...the Witwatersrand in the Transvaal (South Africa), and indeed South Africa currently produces well over
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Geografico De Agostini. Novara 1967 Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara 1972 by Crown Publishers Inc Translation...dioptase, ilmenite, benitoite, magnesite, quartz and cinnabar. Figure 29: tetragonal prism; cross- sections...garnet known as hessonite. Val d'Ala. Piedmont, Italy (4 mm). The rhombic-shaped face in the centre is...crystal is the striations from Traversella, Italy interrupted by the face of an on the front face...the cube 7 Cubic system. Pyrite from Grosseto, Italy (10 mm). The pentagonal form of this mineral is
Catalog/List
association. 2xlt-xl".Ā£6.5o. 3. ANGLESITE. Monteponi, Iglesias, Sardinia. Fine, lustrous, shaip translucent slightly...Sphalerite. 2tx2~xli". Ā£9.00. ARSENOPYRITE. Virtuous Lady Mine, Buckland Monachorum, Devon. Choice, silvery grey... 7. 8. 9. -Ā·2- 10. AZURITE. Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A. select, bright... 3x2x1-t".Ā· Ā£22.00. 11. BARYTES. Settlingstones Mine, Hexham, Northumberland. Specimen A,- ~hoi~e, lust...2-tx2xl ".Ā£2.50. 12. BEUDANTITE.Ā· Penberthy Crofts Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Sparkling, golden, to pale
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Geografico De Agostini, Novara 1967 Printed in Italy by IGDA, Novara SBN 0 85613 108 3 Crystallography...dioptase, ilmenite, benitoite, magnesite, quartz and cinnabar. 13 Figure 29: tetragonal prism; cross-sections...garnet known as hessonite . Val dā€™Ala, Piedmont, Italy (4 mm). The rhombic-shaped face in the centre is...Cubic system. Triglyphic pyrite, from Traversella, Italy (30 mm). The corner of the crystal is interrupted...form. 17 Cubic system. Pyrite from Grosseto, Italy (10 mm). The pentagona l dodecahedral form ofthis
Catalog/List
greenish Chlorite. lixlxl".Ā£3.25. 2. ALASKAITE. Alaska Mine, Poughkeepsie Gulch, Silverton, San Juan Co., Colorado...association. 2txlt". Ā£1.65. 4. G1ESITE. Monteponi, Iglesias, Sardinia. A group of very sharp and well formed...Ā£13. 5. APATITE variety FRM~~OLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardreath, ~ornwall. Snall, translucent, aggregates... ARAGONITE variety TAhNOWITZITE. New Glencrieff Mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfries. Thick, creamy white, lustrous...Gneissose rock. 3tx2". Ā£4.50. 12. AXINITE. Obira Mine, Oita Prefecture, Japan. Choice, pure mass, of sharp
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Spain by F. Vazquez Guzman Portugal by D. Thadeu Italy by P. Zuffardi European part of the U.S.S.R. by...Southwest Europe embraces France, Spain, Portugal and Italy. Each volume has an introductory chapter of the...Cordillera Pyreneo-Proven!yal chain Corsica and Sardinia . Mineralization in relation to tectonic evolution...Elisa and Dorinda Barruecopardo Golpejas or Bellita mine Morille-Martinamor El Cubito El Trasqui16n. Santa...Baixo Tejo and Sado Basins Silica sand deposits Italy by P. Zuffardi Introduction Geological setting Stratigraphy
Journal (issue)
Simmons Fluorapatite from the King Lithia mine, Custer County, South Dakota .. 361 by M. L. Wilson, J. B....Paces and A. P. Ruotsala Departments Notes from Italy by G. Porcellini .................................36 Deepwood Crescent Don Mills, Ontario M3C 1N8 Italy: Renato Pagano Via S. Anna 1/B I-34074 Monfalcone...Netherlands: W. J. R. Kwak Aalsburg 14-21 TN-6602 Wijchen South Africa: Horst Windisch 30 Van Wouw Street Groenkloof...Belsher P .O . Box 636 G olden, CO 80402 303-494-7785 South American Minerals Show s: 322 on, except as noted
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120. Cerussite 126 52 Use 115. Amalgam, Cinnabar Ores 51 Recognition 120. Anglesite 122....Lead 101. Copper-pyrites Copper-vitriol Mercury mine 46 crystals 101, nite Cuprite 107. 100. Copper-glance...Manganese-ores Zinokenite. I. ores - 35. Mercury, Cinnabar. Magnetite. Goethite. Manganese-ores Euchroite...England. fluor-spar with dull faces; on felspar. Italy. octahedron coloured with fluor-spar Maggiore... granite. on Calcite. Harz, cube (below) Italy. prism with the basal plane. dull. Andreasberg
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TRIGONAL TRAPEZOHEDRAL trapezohedron quartz cinnabar rhombohedron trigonal dipyramid ditrigonal prism...borax) (quartz, calcite) (barite, diamond) (cinnabar, scheelite) (uraninite, gold) . Vectorial properties...transparent if sliced into thin scales (e.g., cinnabar, cuprite). Minerals with a nonmetallic luster...(green), sulfur and orpiment (yellow), cuprite and cinnabar (red). Others are allochromatic: this applies...sample of scheelite, coming from Traversella (Turin, Italy), in light natural (above) and exposed Other
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museum quality but many minerals can be found on mine dumps or can be purchased or traded. After introducing...similar to granite but with no quartz. Sandstone (South Dakota, USA) _9_ A darker rock than granite but...over its beer: to go underground in a non-working mine is sheer folly unless you are accompanied by someone...(preferably several people) who really knows the mine. Before venturing into the field serious collectors...really is a matter of life or death when you are in a mine - only a plan will show where water on the floor
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of Milan, Institute of Mineralogy Museum, Milan, italy ^ draga blogojevic, geologist, Trepca, Yugoslavia...Curator, Civic Museum of Natural History, Milan, ITALY ic PAUL desautels, Curator, Smithsonian Institution...townsend, Curator, Geological Museum, Johannesburg, south Africa ^ max wiebel, Professor, Swiss Federal Institute...SYDNEY PIETERS, dealer and collector, Windhoek, south-west Africa ^ karel tucek, Director of Minerals...stood atop the "motherā€ mass of blue-colored rock. A mine was started and a shaft was sunk into the rock.
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TOWNSEND, Curator, Geological Museum, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA 9X MAX WIEBEL, Professor, Swiss Federal...SYDNEY PIETERS, dealer and collector, Windhoek, SOUTH-WEST AFRICA > KAREL TUCEK, Director of Minerals...stood atop the ā€œmotherā€ mass of blue-colored rock. A mine was started and a shaft was sunk into the rock....crystal, still imbedded in the country rock, to the mine manager, Mr. F. Wells. With his pocketknife Wells...Cullinan in honor of the superintendent of the Premier Mine in which it had been found, it was sold to the
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TOWNSEND, Curator, Geological Museum, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA Ā„e MAX WIEBEL, Professor, Swiss Federal Institute...SYDNEY PIETERS, dealer and collector, Windhoek, SOUTH-WEST AFRICA }ā‚¬ KAREL TUCEK, Director of Minerals...stood atop the ā€œmotherā€ mass of blue-colored rock. A mine was started and a shaft was sunk into the rock....crystal, still imbedded in the country rock, to the mine manager, Mr. F. Wells. With his pocketknife Wells...Cullinan in honor of the superintendent of the Premier Mine in which it had been found, it was sold to the Transvaal
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Filrnset by Kcyspools Ltd, Golbornc, Lanes Printed in Italy 3 6 8 8 9 10 l1 11 23 30 33 36 45 205 209 2I...pyrite FeS 2 , galena PbS, antimonite Sb 2 S 3 , cinnabar HgS, fluorite CaF 2 , siderite FeCo 3 , baritine...opaque, but thin and transparent in section, as is cinnabar - slightly irridescent, as in the micas pearly...minerals, such as sulphur, cuprite, malachite, cinnabar and dioptase, keep their colour, slightly softened...discovered annually all over the world. Recent finds in Italy alone, for instance, include roggianite, canavasite
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Distributed by Crown Publishers, Inc., 225 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10003 All rights reserved. No...minerals, such as aragonite, calcite, chal cedony and cinnabar. On the surface of the Earth all minerals are...mineral, eg gold - yellow, sulphur - yellow or cinnabar - red. Large differences between the true colour...minerals with a refractive index of 2.6- 3.0, such as cinnabar and cuprite. Adamantine lustre (shining) occurs...pyrrhotite nepheline :::,... _Ji -? calcite cinnabar quartz galena magnetite pyrite ' aragonite
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are In Wittwatersrand (South Africa), California and Alaska (USA), Australia, South America and Siberia...the gods. Mercury occurs as small droplets In cinnabar deposits and in some volcanic rocks. It has a...is found Include Almaden (Spain), Monte Amlata (Italy), ldrija (Slovenia), Moschellandsberg (Germany)...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...discovered by the Spanish during their conquest of South America In the sixteenth century. Named platina
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are In Wittwatersrand (South Africa), California and Alaska (USA), Australia, South America and Siberia...the gods. Mercury occurs as small droplets In cinnabar deposits and in some volcanic rocks. It has a...is found Include Almaden (Spain), Monte Amlata (Italy), ldrija (Slovenia), Moschellandsberg (Germany)...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...discovered by the Spanish during their conquest of South America In the sixteenth century. Named platina
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illustrated Encyclopedi of the Worldā€™s Rocks and Mine re L A R E N MI OF THE WORLD Rudolf Duda and...Distributed by Crown Publishers, Inc., 225 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10003 All rights reserved....minerals, such as aragonite, calcite, chalcedony and cinnabar. On the surface of the Earth all minerals are...mineral, eg gold ā€” yellow, sulphur ā€” yellow or cinnabar ā€” red. Large differences between the true colour...minerals with a refractive index of 2.6ā€”3.0, such as cinnabar and cuprite. Adamantine lustre (shining) occurs
Catalog/List
. 4~x3x1~ ", Ā£14 .00 2. ALSTONITE. Fallowfiel d Mine, Hexham , Northumberland . Specimen A: Sharp creamy-...matrix. 2Z:-x2x1t", Ā£4 .75p 4. ANGLESITE. Monteponi , Sardinia . Specimen A: Sharp lustrous glassy crystals...Ā£9 . 00 7. ASCHARITE. orosso m ne , Pi ectnont, Italy. Creamy- white si l ky radi at i ng mass with minor... 2x1tx1t;-" , , Ā£3. 50p , 8 . OARYTES . Mowbray Mine , Frizington , Cumberland. Sharp clear slight l...lcopyrite. 3x2tX1-t" , Ā£7 . do 11 . ooTALLACKITE. Levant Mine , Pendeen , Cornwall. Small bright green well formed
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simultaneously in the United States and Canada Printed in Italy by Mondadori Editore, Verona. Contents 4 1 ...known that ā€œlike polesā€™ (such as two north or two south poles) of magnets repel each other, while unlike...itself. Examples are: Mineral Bornite Chalcopyrite Cinnabar | Hematite Limonite Pyrite Siderite Zincite...(azuriteā€”blue; malachiteā€”green; sulfurā€”yellow; cinnabarā€”red), but even these colors are slightly variable...Alaska; Californiaā€”mother lode; South Dakota; Siberiaā€”placer; South Africa (Witwatersrand); Australia
 
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