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School of Mining. The news spread through the reading that journal and direct letters of del Rio. In the subsequent years, the discovery was mentioned several times. One of the earliest notes of the discovery is a translation of a letter of del Rio to
Freiesleben. In 1839, it was described as lemon
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William Bristow stated that it had been found in Casas Viejas in Mexico as reddish brown particles on mercury selenide. Shortly after, in 1862, a book about chemical technology named the Mexican region of Casas Viejas as the only location where the mineral was found.
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coloured spots in the sandstone of Casas Viejas. This description was also given in a
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Coccinite, from
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634:Image of Coccinite by T. Witzke
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607:Richardson, Thomas (1863).
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428:Coccinite on Mineral Atlas
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586:A glossary of mineralogy
417:Coccinite data on Webmin
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406:Coccinite on Mindat.org
360:Mineralogical Magazine
16:Mercury iodide mineral
482:American Mineralogist
238:Other characteristics
82:Strunz classification
649:Mercury(II) minerals
294:Rhineland-Palatinate
659:Tetragonal minerals
475:"New Mineral Names"
381:10.1180/mgm.2021.43
372:2021MinM...85..291W
354:Warr, L.N. (2021).
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191:Diaphaneity
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488:: 907–910.
342:References
257:is a rare
246:References
168:Mohs scale
152:Orange-red
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319:Discovery
308:-bearing
290:Thuringia
255:Coccinite
135:Unit cell
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565:(1844).
171:hardness
158:Cleavage
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622:del Rio
504:Msrblog
368:Bibcode
298:Germany
259:mercury
86:3.AB.10
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278:Mexico
262:iodide
185:Orange
181:Streak
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