Metacinnabar Balls in Matrix
Collection
Robert Lavinsky
Description
A rich miniature of sharp 1 mm crystals on Quartz matrix, of this rare mercury mineral. These were collected in the 1960s. The experts say that this locality has been defunct for decades and no more has been found. This is, so far as they go, a fairly aesthetic example. ex. Martin Zinn.
Locality
Mount Diablo Mine, Clayton, Contra Costa Co., California
Dimensions
6.5 x 3.6 x 1.5 cm.
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