Mercury - Kalvarienberg, Gratwein near Graz, Styria


     
Description: Small cinnabar (HgS) grains in a quartz-rich zone of grey Devonian limestone. Cinnabar-bearing zone is crosscut
by younger calcite-filled veinlets.
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Time of mineralization:
Locality: Abandoned quarry on the northern slope of  Kalvarienberg, ca. 1 km WNW of Gratwein near Graz, Styria, Austria.
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Sample details: Collected February.1998. Polished slab. Field of view 9 cm. Sample AN47.
last changes: 28.3.2005