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Cinnabar & Stibnite

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Cinnabar & Stibnite

Kay Robertson collection

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Description
Locality: 
Red Devil Mine, Sleimut District, Bethel Borough, Alaska, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3 × 2.3 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small miniature sample with nice small clusters of twinned cinnabar crystals on dolomite matrix with needles of stibnite. This obscure Alaskan mercury mine produced these samples that are very close to the famous Chinese samples in appearance some 60 years ago! Rare material that is seldom on the market from the Kay Robertson collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cinnabar

Formula: 
HgS
Strunz: 
2.CD.15a
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5

Stibnite

Formula: 
Sb2S3
Strunz: 
2.DB.05
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
Lead grey

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