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Cinnabar On Dolomite

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Cinnabar On Dolomite

Former collection Christian Mavris
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Description
Locality: 
Chatian Mine, Chatian, Fenghuang County, Xiangxi, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 9.7 × 6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Weight: 
535.00gr
Description

What a lovely specimen! 
A textbook, sharp spinel law twin of cinnabar perfectly sits in a drusy populated by both quartz and creamy dolomite, providing a striking color contrast.
The overall specimen is rather sizeable and it could possibly benefit from some trimming of excess matrix, which might potentially reveal further openings in the dolomite veins. The way it is right now it stands perfectly balanced even in a display case.

Among my best Chinese cinnabars!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cinnabar

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

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White

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