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Cinnabar on Dolomite from Tongren, Guizhou, China

 
Cinnabar on Dolomite from Tongren, Guizhou, China

Cinnabar on Dolomite from Tongren, Guizhou, China

Cinnabar on Dolomite from Tongren, Guizhou, China

Cinnabar on Dolomite from Tongren, Guizhou, China

DESCRIPTION:No. 69834
Mineral:Cinnabar on Dolomite
Locality:Tongren, Guizhou, China
Description:Unusually large transparent red cinnabar crystals to 12 mm on translucent pale-yellow rhombohedral dolomite crystals to 5 mm. The cinnabar crystals are blocky rectangular with secondary edge faces around the pinacoid terminations.
Overall Size:5.5x3.5x3 cm
Crystals:3-12 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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