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Cinnabar -elongated crystals with Dolomite, Quartz
Tongren Mine, Wanshan District, Tongren Prefecture
Guizhou Province, China
8 x 5.1 x 2.9 CM (cabinet)
price: $690
Late Summer 2018

Free standing elongated crystals of Cinnabar in a well protected vug lined with small crystals of Quartz and Dolomite. Excellent bright red color and very translucent. The largest crystals have sharp terminations with distinct re-entrant notches, so they are in fact twins. Slender elongated crystals like these are much rarer than the blocky type and since the mines are closed for a few years, any good quality Cinnabar is now very scarce. In fine condition and with bright luster, Chinese Cinnabar crystals have always been respected and desired as the worlds best for the specie.




Cinnabar -elongated crystals with Dolomite, Quartz
Tongren Mine, Wanshan District, Tongren Prefecture
Guizhou Province, China
8 x 5.1 x 2.9 CM (cabinet)
price: $690
Late Summer 2018

Free standing elongated crystals of Cinnabar in a well protected vug lined with small crystals of Quartz and Dolomite. Excellent bright red color and very translucent. The largest crystals have sharp terminations with distinct re-entrant notches, so they are in fact twins. Slender elongated crystals like these are much rarer than the blocky type and since the mines are closed for a few years, any good quality Cinnabar is now very scarce. In fine condition and with bright luster, Chinese Cinnabar crystals have always been respected and desired as the worlds best for the specie.