Mercury - Vellacher Kotschna, Carinthia


 
Description: Very finely disseminated cinnabar (HgS), controlled by fractures trending from upper left to
lower right in ligth grey, Permian Dolomite. Cinnabar-bearing fracture system crosscuts older
dolomite-filled fractures at about 45°.
Genesis:
Time of mineralization:
Locality: Abandoned mercury mine Vellacher Kotschna, Karawanken, Carinthia, Austria.
References:
Sample details: Collected May 2003. Polished slab. Field of view 11 cm. Sample AN178.
last changes: 17.9.2003


Enlargement of  central left part.
Field of view 1.8 cm.