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Cinnabar on Quartz and Dolomite from Chatian Mine, Fenghuang, Hunan, China

 
Cinnabar on Quartz and Dolomite from Chatian Mine, Fenghuang, Hunan, China

Cinnabar on Quartz and Dolomite from Chatian Mine, Fenghuang, Hunan, China

DESCRIPTION:No. 55899
Mineral:Cinnabar on Quartz and Dolomite
Locality:Chatian Mine, Fenghuang, Hunan, China
Description:Translucent dark-red pseudo-octahedral cinnabar crystals to 8 mm on translucent white rhombohedral dolomite crystals to 4 mm with transparent colorless quartz crystals to 2 mm. The cinnabar crystals have surfaces composed of many smaller parallel faces.
Overall Size:6.5x4x2.5 cm
Crystals:1-8 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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