Cinnabar (twinned crystals on Quartz and Calcite) (Ref: 6.2-640)
Yanwuping Mine, Wanshan, Tongren, Guizhou Province, China
53mm x 38mm
minID: J1A-V4Y
A textbook example of twinning is well displayed on this unusually attractive specimen. The matrix is also unusual and contrasts well with the Cinnabar. This comes from a small, little known mine in the Tongren area of Guizoh Province. Just 30 years ago such specimens were only known in the West from collections built well before 1909; they were legendary and unavailable. Even today with excellent sources this quality is far better than what is normally on the market. Far better in person. From: Well-Arranged Molecules
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