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English: Mercury
Locality: Sonoma County, California, USA (Locality at mindat.org)
An extremely rich ore specimen liberally covered with silver droplets of native mercury (quicksilver) to 1 mm. Mercury is the only recognised mineral that is found as a liquid at room temperature. Cinnabar alters to native mercury in the oxidized zone of deposits. Native mercury is also quite rare. VERY RARE IN SPECIMEN FORM and a VERY difficult element to obtain in its pure form for an elements suite in a collection! The specimen has been sprayed with clear lacquer to stabliize the mercury, which is a standard procedure for mercury. THIS SPECIMEN CAN ONLY BE SHIPPED TO THE UNITED STATES, DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THE MERCURY DROPLETS COMING OFF. 3.7 x 3.6 x 2.4 cm
Deutsch: Quecksilber
Fundort: Sonoma County, Kalifornien, Vereinigte Staaten (Fundort bei mindat.org)
Date before March 2010
date QS:P,+2010-03-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+2010-03-00T00:00:00Z/10
Source http://www.mindat.org/photo-61215.html
Author
Robert M. Lavinsky  (1972–)  wikidata:Q56247090
 
Alternative names
Robert Matthew Lavinsky; Lavinsky, Robert M.; Lavinsky R M
Description American mineral collector and mineral dealer
iRocks.com (Mineralogical Record)
Date of birth 13 December 1972 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Columbus
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creator QS:P170,Q56247090

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