Mineral Specimens with Cinnabar

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MD-19718 - Cinnabar - - Archived
Tongren Mine, Wanshan District, Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China
small cabinet, 8.8 x 7.7 x 2 cm
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Two sharp, textbook crystals on a bed of crystallized calcite, with an accenting quartz crystal nearby. The larger of the cinnabars measures one centimeter in each direction. We have left this specimen untrimmed, to increase its display size, though it can also be reduced to a miniature quite easily 8.8 x 7.7 x 2 cm

MD-205671 - Cinnabar - - Archived
Lovelock, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA
thumbnail, 1.7 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm.
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1.7 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm. A fine, large cinnabar thumbnail from a very small find in the late 1970s-early 1980s from Nevada and the Dick Jones Collection. A partially euhedral, lustrous, blood-red, penetration-twin crystal comprises this thumbnail. From near Lovelock, Pershing County.

MD-206083 - Cinnabar, Dolomite - - Archived
Wanshan Mine, Wanshan District, Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China
small cabinet, 6.1 x 3.9 x 2.0 cm.
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6.1 x 3.9 x 2.0 cm. Until the early 1980’s, fine twinned cinnabar specimens from China were all but unheard of. In the last few years fine, untwined cinnabar specimens have come available. This magnificent specimen features a cluster of pristine, frosted, very lustrous, translucent, cherry red cinnabar crystals, to 2.0 cm across, aesthetically perched on ivory colored dolomite. These large un-twinned crystals are actually less common than the twinned crystals. Ex. Dr. Edward David Collection.

MD-206087 - Cinnabar, Quartz, Dolomite - - Archived
Tongren Mine, Wanshan District, Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China
miniature, 4.2 x 3.0 x 3.0 cm.
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4.2 x 3.0 x 3.0 cm. 1-cm twinned cinnabars perched on sparkling quartz crystals.

MD-206088 - Cinnabar, Dolomite - - Archived
Tongren Mine, Wanshan District, Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China
miniature, 5 x 4 x 3 cm.
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5 x 4 x 3 cm. The 1.7 x 1.7 x 1.0 cm cinnabar crystal is glassy, fairly gemmy, and cherry red, on white dolomite.

MD-20922 - Cinnabar - - Archived
Hunan Province, China
thumbnail, 1.3 cm
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Gemmy naturally bright, cherry-red cinnabar crystals to 1.3 cm, perched on contrasting and crystallized dolomite matrix. 3.2 x 2.3 x 1.9 cm

MD-209943 - Cinnabar, Dolomite, Quartz - - Archived
Tongren Mine, Wanshan District, Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China
small cabinet, 9.2 x 6.1 x 4.6 cm.
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9.2 x 6.1 x 4.6 cm. Sharp, very gemmy and lustrous, cherry-red cinnabar crystals to 1.2 cm are aesthetically scattered on a contrasting vug lined with dolomite and quartz. All of the cinnabar crystals are pristine. This fine specimen is from the Tongren Mine, China.

MD-214899 - Cinnabar, Quartz - - Archived
Tongren Mine, Wanshan District, Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China
thumbnail, 3.0 x 2.7 x 2.0 cm.
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3.0 x 2.7 x 2.0 cm. A rare and aesthetic Chinese miniature of cinnabar included in a nearly transparent, glassy quartz crystal set in dolomite and quartz matrix from Tongren. The quartz crystal has a pleasing, very sharp termination that is very nearly pristine. Seldom do you see cinnabar included in quartz like this. Ex. J.R. Glover Collection and Richard Hauck Collections. Said to have come only from one pocket in the 1980s.

MD-220558 - Cinnabar, Dolomite - - Archived
Tongren Mine, Wanshan District, Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China
small cabinet, 6.8 x 5.0 x 5.0 cm.
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6.8 x 5.0 x 5.0 cm. A 2.0 cm, pristine, sharp and gemmy, cherry-red cinnabar crystal aesthetically set on matrix and beautifully accented with contrasting, milky-white dolomite rhombs from recent finds at Tongren, China. The cinnabar is superb, not common at all, from a famous pocket about 3 years ago now. The crystal is gemmy and the photo just cannot capture the color, lustre, and gemminess together.

MD-224789 - Cinnabar, Dolomite - - Archived
New Almaden District, Santa Clara Co., California, USA
small cabinet, 8.4 x 6.2 x 4.4 cm.
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8.4 x 6.2 x 4.4 cm. An historic, exceedingly rich and showy specimen of mercury ore from the New Almaden District of California. Two faces of the sculptural, brecciated dolomite matrix are richly covered with lustrous, blood-red cinnabar microcrystals. The third side is totally covered with brick-red cinnabar, in microcrystals or in massive form. Seldom seen in this richness. Accompanied by two, old labels. R.M. Wilke was a prominent California mineral dealer from 1907 to the early 1940s. He died in 1946. Ex. Hageman and Mullane Collections. For what this is, a historic specimen from a mining district of huge industrial import at the time, this is a nice relic.

MD-226330 - Corderoite, Cinnabar - - Archived
McDermitt Mine (Cordero Mine; Old Cordero Mine), Opalite District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
small cabinet, 6.2 x 4.4 x 4.0 cm.
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6.2 x 4.4 x 4.0 cm. Corderoite is a very rare mercury chloride sulfide and this excellent layered specimen is from the Type Locality - the McDermitt (Cordero) Mine of Nevada. This is very rich mercury ore. Dark red bands of microcrystalline to massive cinnabar alternate with layers of tan limonite. The corderoite is the rich dusting of the yellow-tan microcrystals found on all sides of the specimen and on both the cinnabar and limonite. Corderoite was not named until 1974, but primary mercury production of this small mine was over before 1941. This material probably dates to that time. From an old European collection.

MD-227529 - Cinnabar, Calcite - - Archived
Charcas, Mun. de Charcas, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
miniature, 5.0 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm.
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5.0 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm. Lustrous, un-twinned, ruby-red cinnabar crystals to 5 mm very richly and nicely set on contrasting, off-white calcite matrix from Charcas, Mexico. This is classic and very old material. Cinnabar is uncommon from Charcas and this is excellent material, surely very old. Very rich mercury specimen here, for Mexico - and pretty, as a cinnabar locality piece too. Ex. Jaime Bird Collection.

MD-229889 - Cinnabar, Manganite - - Archived
N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
miniature, 3.8 x 3.7 x .9 cm.
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3.8 x 3.7 x .9 cm. A rare and exceptional combination from the Kalahari that was unknown to me personally: of Cinnabar on Manganite. The Cinnabars are sub-mm crystals of an attractive cherry-pink color, spread liberally on the lush velvety surface of the Manganite. Charlie said he had never seen this material but in one pocket, and had it analyzed at Harvard as he was not sure what it was at the time. Ex. Charlie Key Collection.

MD-23662 - Cinnabar, Dolomite - - Archived
Fenghuang Co., Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
thumbnail, 1.8 cm
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This superb cinnabar crystal on matrix DOES fit in a Perky box should you be a strict thumbnail collector. It features a DOUBLY-TERMINATED, deep red crystal of 1.8 cm (superb lustrous termination showing on top), on a carefully-trimmed matrix of white dolomite. Very nice and gemmy when backlit well. It IS without a doubt one of the finer cinnabar thumbnails I have seen for sale, even amongst so many over the years. 3.4 x 3 x 1.8 cm

MD-23717 - Cinnabar - - Archived
Fenghuang Co., Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
small cabinet, 5.2 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm
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Two highly lustrous and striated deep-red cinnabar crystals aesthetically set on contrasting quartz matrix from China. One ding on the upper crystal is barely noticeable and certainly does not detract from the overall quality of the specimen. 5.2 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm


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