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Cinnabar from Oregon, USA

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Small tiny amounts of metallic mercury on matrix with minor cinnabar. The specimen comes with an old data card as shown at the end of the video dating this to 1958. The locality given on the card is Grants Pass, Oregon. I could find nothing related to mercury deposits in this area.

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SpeciesCinnabarMercury
SizeMiniature
Dimensions4.0 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm
Added on05/19/2026
LocalityUSA, Oregon

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Acquired
May 2026
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Weinrich Minerals

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Cinnabar
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vivid scarlet crystals with adamantine luster; brittle yet prized, often on white carbonate, from historic mines and modern Chinese localities.
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Cinnabar from Oregon
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Oregon
Oregon, USA — a premier mineral province known for thundereggs and agates, type-locality minerals like priceite and josephinite, and diverse collecting culture…