Large, Dark Red Cinnabar Crystals

Large, Dark Red Cinnabar Crystals from Fenghuang Mine, Hunan Province, China

Collection

Robert Lavinsky

Description

The important China Cinnabars that started to come out in the early 1980s were these dark, sharply twinned crystals on nice Quartz matrix. Many dealers paid prices at the time as if they were gold, when they first hit the Western market. New finds at new Chinese locales produce a different style,and this remains the classic, for most of us.This attractive small miniature features a sharp twinned crystal to 2.7 cm.

Locality

Fenghuang Mine, Hunan Province, China

Dimensions

2.9 x 2.9 x 2.5 cm.


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