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Cinnabar from
Rutland Cave Mine (Rutland Mine; Nestus Mine), Heights of Abraham, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cinnabar
Formula:HgS
Comments:Small, red, earthy patches with smithsonite on fluorite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cinnabar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rutland Cave Mine (Rutland Mine; Nestus Mine), Heights of Abraham, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:629193
Long-form Identifier:1:3:629193:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cinnabar
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘMasson Hill and mines, Matlock, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
15.4km (9.6 miles) ⓘMagpie Mine, Ashford in the Water, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
References
Mineralogical Magazine, vol. 33, n° 266, lxxxvi)
Braithwaite, R.S.W., Greenland, T.B. and Ryback, G. (1963) A Mercury Mineral from the British Isles. Nature, 200, 1004.
(referred to in Proceedings of the Mineralogical Society (1963–64).
Embrey, Peter G. (1978) Fourth supplementary list of British minerals. Mineralogical Magazine, 42 (322) 169-177 doi:10.1180/minmag.1978.042.322.01
Ford, T., Sarjeant, A., Smith, M. (1993) The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire. UK Journal of Mines and Minerals 13, Rockbottom Publications. 16-55
 
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