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

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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 51414
Mineral:Cinnabar (penetration twins) on Calcite
Locality:Red Bird Mine, Antelope Springs District, 24 km east of Lovelock, Pershing County, Nevada
Description:Two groups of large lustrous translucent red twinned cinnabar crystals on matrix with colorless calcite. The cinnabar crystals are interpenetrant-twinned (two crystals with common C-axes, rotated 180° to each other). Note the post-crystallization crack.
Overall Size:6x3x3 cm
Crystals:7-9 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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