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Cinnabar on Dolomite ex Obodda
- Fenghuang Co., Xiangxi A.P., Hunan Province, China
- Miniature, 3.4 x 1.8 x 0.9 cm
- Start Time: 03/10/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 03/14/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Isolated, gemmy and lustrous, beautiful cherry-red, cinnabar crystals to 7 mm, are very aesthetically scattered on the cream-colored dolomite rhombs matrix on this showy and aesthetic piece from the Herb Obodda dealer stock. The crystals have preferentially frosted prism faces. Cinnabars from Hunan Province are much less common than those from Tongren in Guizhou Province.