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Cinnabar (penetration twins) and Stibnite in Calcite vein from Red Bird Mine, Antelope Springs District, 24 km east of Lovelock, Pershing County, Nevada

 
Cinnabar (penetration twins) and Stibnite in Calcite vein from Red Bird Mine, Antelope Springs District, 24 km east of Lovelock, Pershing County, Nevada

Cinnabar (penetration twins) and Stibnite in Calcite vein from Red Bird Mine, Antelope Springs District, 24 km east of Lovelock, Pershing County, Nevada

DESCRIPTION:No. 51404
Mineral:Cinnabar (penetration twins) and Stibnite in Calcite vein
Locality:Red Bird Mine, Antelope Springs District, 24 km east of Lovelock, Pershing County, Nevada
Description:Lustrous translucent red interpenetrant-twinned cinnabar crystals to 3 mm in translucent white calcite vein on matrix with a group of metallic stibnite crystals to 1.5 mm.
Overall Size:6x5.5x3 cm
Crystals:0.5-3.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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