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Mineral Specimens with Cinnabar
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5.5 x 5.1 x 4.1 cm. A 1.6-cm, dark red crystal of cinnabar, complete and undamaged, is isolated on the matrix and set off by a row of milky quartz crystals that lean in various directions at the back of the matrix.
3.5 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm. A classic, old-time and very showy specimen of a very sharp, twinned, 1.0 cm, blood-red cinnabar crystal aesthetically set on massive cinnabar matrix from the historic mines at Almaden, Spain. A brighter red, secondary cinnabar overgrowth partially coats the sharp crystal. No damage. Long considered some of the best worldwide cinnabars. Ex. Marilyn Dodge collection.
4.0 x 3.7 x 2.2 cm. A VERY APTLY named and showy specimen of cinnabar "strawberry ore" from the famous and rich New Idria Mine of California. The brick-red, strawberry-colored, moderate lustre botryoid looks just like a strawberry. It is nearly 100 percent cinnabar and is hefty for its size at 97 grams or 3.4 ounces. Cinnabar has a higher density than galena. This is OLD material. Specimens of this richness and quality are probably 50 years old or older. Ex. Charles Hansen Collection, a well-known California collector.
8.0 x 4.9 x 3.7 cm. Lustrous, radiating, acicular, red cinnabar crystals richly cover the vertical matrix on this excellent specimen from the famous Almaden Mine of California. The crystals reach 1.3 cm, which is large for the mine. Choice, old material from this well-known locality.
11.9 x 8.9 x 4.9 cm. A large specimen featuring dozens of gemmy crystals of cinnabar - cherry red, with glassy luster. The cinnabar crystals measure to one centimeter.
7.9 x 6.5 x 4.5 cm. From the collection of Richard Kosnar, a crystal of deep red cinnabar with an unusually elongated form of which you can see more than 2 centimeters emerging from the calcite crystals that surround it! Nearby in side the pocket is a cluster of sharp quartz crystals.
5.2 x 3.9 x 3.5 cm. This is a solid mass of crystallized cinnabar, to over 1.0 cm. It is accompanied by an old, possibly 19th. century, label on the back; and another label from the collection of respected geologist Jean Behier. Ex. Eric Asselborn Collection.
6.4 x 4.6 x 2.5 cm. A large, complete crystal of cinnabar isolated on a plate of grey quartz, from China. This fine crystal measures over 2 cm. Ex. Charles Hanson Collection.
3.6 x 2.5 x 1.2 cm. An extremely rich ore specimen liberally covered with silver droplets of native mercury (quicksilver) to 1 mm and a few cinnabar crystals. Cinnabar alters to native mercury in the oxidized zone of deposits. This is an older piece from the John Ydren Collection and comes from an uncommon Italian locality.
4.0 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm. Gemmy and lustrous, deep cherry-red cinnabar crystals are aesthetically scattered on matrix on this excellent old-timer from the famous mercury mines of Almaden, Spain. The well-placed, complex crystal cluster is 1.0 cm wide. Ex. John Ydren Collection.
4.2 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm. A superb crystal of gemmy cinnabar sitting perfectly in a pocket of white Calcite. This 1 cm gemmy cinnabar has a fabulous red color, gorgeous and sharp beveled edges, and an excellent adamantine luster. Ex. Charlie Key.
A finely-formed, whopper 1.8-cm cinnabar crystal of deep red color perched atop a quartz-covered matrix, with a cluster of dolomite beside it for accent. Under strong light you can see the intense red color within. 5 x 4 x 3 cm
A cherry-red 1.4-cm cinnabar crystal, isolated and centered on matrix, with honey-yellow calcites. A smaller cinnabar sits nearby. 8.5 x 7.5 x 3.5 cm
2.6 x 2.5 x 2.4 cm. A gemmy, 1.1 cm, cherry-red cinnabar crystal beautifully upright in a vug lined with milky-white, dolomite rhombs.
An extremely rich ore specimen of highly lustrous ruby-red cinnabar crystals from the Almaden, Spain. Almaden is one of the worlds oldest mercury producing areas and this is an old specimen, though there is no label to prove it. I got it out of an East Coast museum deaccession. See the Mineralogical Record September-October 1988 issue. 7.5 x 5.3 x 4.0 cm
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