Cinnabar

Kadamzhay Mine, Fergana Valley, Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan
Thumbnail, 2.4 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm
Start Time: 11/12/2015 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 11/19/2015 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Well-crystallized cinnabar specimens are rare from Kyrgyzstan. Sharp, lustrous, translucent, cherry-red cinnabar crystals, to about 3 mm, are aesthetically clustered on the thumbnail matrix on this rare and excellent example from this obscure antimony mine. Ex Alfred Stevenson & Eugene Carmichael Collections.

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