Cinnabar (twins) on Quartz

Tongren Mine, Bijiang District, Tongren, Guizhou, China
Miniature, 4.3 x 2.8 x 2.2 cm
Start Time: 10/31/2024 7:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 11/07/2024 6:45:00 pm (CST)
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Winning Bid: $193
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Item Description

A classic specimen of these superb and well-known Cinnabar crystals from Tongren. This miniature sized piece features excellent, sharp, well-formed, metallic silvery colored penetration twinned crystals of Cinnabar measuring up to 7 mm long sitting atop sharp, gemmy Quartz crystals on matrix. When backlit, the Cinnabars show an intense "Proustite"-esque red hue internally. This is an older specimen dating back about 25 years, with only a little damage that I can see with the naked eye. Interestingly, this mine accounts for 50% of all the mercury deposits in China!

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$193 11/07/2024 10:05:24 am (CST)
$183 11/06/2024 1:44:00 pm (CST)
$175 11/06/2024 1:44:00 pm (CST)
$160 11/05/2024 4:36:28 pm (CST)
$150 * 11/05/2024 4:35:41 pm (CST)
$150 * 11/05/2024 4:35:41 pm (CST)
$140 11/05/2024 4:35:36 pm (CST)
$130 11/05/2024 4:35:36 pm (CST)
$100 11/05/2024 2:56:56 pm (CST)
$90 11/03/2024 2:50:45 am (CST)
$80 11/02/2024 3:05:16 pm (CDT)
$77 11/02/2024 3:05:16 pm (CDT)
$70 11/02/2024 3:05:11 pm (CDT)
$60 11/02/2024 3:05:11 pm (CDT)
$50 11/02/2024 3:05:06 pm (CDT)
$45 11/02/2024 3:05:06 pm (CDT)
$40 11/02/2024 3:05:01 pm (CDT)
$35 11/02/2024 3:05:01 pm (CDT)
$30 11/02/2024 3:04:57 pm (CDT)
$25 11/02/2024 3:04:57 pm (CDT)
$20 11/02/2024 3:04:52 pm (CDT)
$15 11/02/2024 3:04:52 pm (CDT)
$10 10/31/2024 10:03:13 pm (CDT)
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