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Cinnabar from Tsa Tien Mine, Fenghuang, Hunan, China

 
Cinnabar from Tsa Tien Mine, Fenghuang, Hunan, China

Cinnabar from Tsa Tien Mine, Fenghuang, Hunan, China

DESCRIPTION:No. 33651
Mineral:Cinnabar
Locality:Tsa Tien Mine, Fenghuang, Hunan, China
Description:Blood-red cinnabar crystals up to 5 mm on white dolomite crystals up to 6 mm lining a cavity in gray matrix. Many cinnabar crystals are incomplete, but a few are clean, lustrous and undamaged. Ex. John A. Rorer, Jr. collection #052
Overall Size:9.5x7x5.5 cm
Crystals:1-6 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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