AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Nevada > Cinnabar (penetration twins) in Calcite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 51403 |
Mineral: | Cinnabar (penetration twins) in Calcite |
Locality: | Red Bird Mine, Antelope Springs District, 24 km east of Lovelock, Pershing County, Nevada |
Description: | Calcite vein running through gray matrix with several lustrous translucent vivid-red cinnabar crystals exposed where the calcite dissolved. The cinnabar crystals are interpenetrant-twinned (two crystals with common C-axes, rotated 180° from each other). |
Overall Size: | 8x7x3.5 cm |
Crystals: | 2-7 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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