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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 54613 |
| Mineral: | Cinnabar (interpenetrant twinned crystals) |
| Locality: | Wanshan, Tongren, Guizhou Province, China |
| Description: | Many lustrous translucent red cinnabar crystals to 6 mm on transparent colorless quartz crystals to 3 mm with minor pale-yellow dolomite. The cinnabar crystals are all interpenetrant twinned pairs resulting in six-pointed star shape when viewed on axis. |
| Overall Size: | 5.5x3x3 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-6 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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