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Cinnabar on Dolomite from Tongren, Guizhou Province, China

 
Cinnabar on Dolomite from Tongren, Guizhou Province, China

Cinnabar on Dolomite from Tongren, Guizhou Province, China

Cinnabar on Dolomite from Tongren, Guizhou Province, China

Cinnabar on Dolomite from Tongren, Guizhou Province, China

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Cinnabar on Dolomite from Tongren, Guizhou Province, China

DESCRIPTION:No. 53203
Mineral:Cinnabar on Dolomite
Locality:Tongren, Guizhou Province, China
Description:Several lustrous blood-red translucent cinnabar crystals to 9 mm in translucent white dolomite crystals to 3 mm lining a shallow cavity in gray matrix. The cinnabar crystals are tabular hexagonal form with secondary edge faces.
Overall Size:7x6x4 cm
Crystals:3-9 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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