Native Mercury on Cinnabar (ex Al Kidwell Collection)

Almadén Mine, Almadén, Almadén mining district, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Small Cabinet, 9.3 x 6.7 x 4.7 cm
Start Time: 07/21/2022 9:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 07/28/2022 6:50:00 pm (CDT)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $250

Item Description

A really cool old piece from the famous Almadén Mine in Spain featuring TINY metallic spots of Native Mercury sitting atop crimson colored crystallize Cinnabar on matrix. You don't see a lot of Native Mercury in nature, and it's usually found in association with other mercury-bearing minerals, as it will precipitate out of species like Cinnabar. For reference, mindat.org states that approximately 1/3 of all the Mercury in the world has come from Almadén. Be sure to check out the excellent article in the 2019 Mineralogical Record, Vol. 50, No. 1 about this locality. From the worldwide mineral collection of Albert Lewis Kidwell (January 1, 1919 - August 16, 2008). Al was a well-known mineral collector and research geologist with Carter Oil Company and later Exxon Oil Company in Houston, Texas. The phosphate species Kidwellite was named in his honor in 1974 ( https://www.mindat.org/photo-3... ).

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$250 07/28/2022 6:40:31 pm (CDT)
$240 07/28/2022 6:39:47 pm (CDT)
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