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Cinnabar with Quartz on Dolomite from Fenghuang, Xiangxi, Hunan, China

 
Cinnabar with Quartz on Dolomite from Fenghuang, Xiangxi, Hunan, China

Cinnabar with Quartz on Dolomite from Fenghuang, Xiangxi, Hunan, China

Cinnabar with Quartz on Dolomite from Fenghuang, Xiangxi, Hunan, China

Cinnabar with Quartz on Dolomite from Fenghuang, Xiangxi, Hunan, China

Cinnabar with Quartz on Dolomite from Fenghuang, Xiangxi, Hunan, China

DESCRIPTION:No. 73393
Mineral:Cinnabar with Quartz on Dolomite
Locality:Fenghuang, Xiangxi, Hunan, China
Description:Lustrous well-defined translucent dark-red cinnabar crystals to 9 mm with transparent colorless 10 mm quartz crystal on translucent white dolomite crystals to 5 mm. The cinnabar crystals have metallic-like luster with complex crystallization patterns. Collected ca. 1990
Overall Size:6.5x5x4 cm
Crystals:3-10 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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