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

DESCRIPTION:	No. 51418
Mineral:	Cinnabar (penetration twins) on Quartz-rich matrix
Locality:	Red Bird Mine, Antelope Springs District, 24 km east of Lovelock, Pershing County, Nevada
Description:	Many groups of striated translucent blood-red twinned cinnabar crystals on brown matrix. The cinnabar crystals are interpenetrant-twinned (two crystals with common C-axes, rotated 180° from each other).
Overall Size:	6x5.5x3 cm
Crystals:	1-8 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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