Cinnabar, Quartz, Limonite
Sunflower Mine, Maricopa County belt, Sunflower Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Somewhat corroded quartz with iron oxides hosting very many bright and reflective cleavages of cinnabar. The mine produced nearly 4000 flasks of mercury over its lifetime--minor amounts of copper, gold, lead, silver and zinc were also produced before the mine finally closed in the 1980s.
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