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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 51400
Mineral:Cinnabar (penetration twins) on Calcite-Quartz matrix
Locality:Red Bird Mine, Antelope Springs District, 24 km east of Lovelock, Pershing County, Nevada
Description:Several twinned groups of elongated rhombohedral translucent red cinnabar crystals on brown matrix with smooth faces that are interpenetrant-twinned (two crystals with common C-axes, rotated 180° from each other) on translucent white calcite.
Overall Size:36x25x15 mm
Crystals:1-9 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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