AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Nevada > Cinnabar in Calcite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 72188 |
Mineral: | Cinnabar in Calcite |
Locality: | Red Bird Mine, Antelope Springs District, 24 km east of Lovelock, Pershing County, Nevada |
Description: | Large lustrous translucent red twinned cinnabar crystals in translucent white calcite vein on matrix. The cinnabar crystals are interpenetrant-twinned (two crystals with common C-axes, rotated 180° from each other). Note the post-crystallization crack. |
Overall Size: | 5x3.5x3 cm |
Crystals: | 10 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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