Huge Metacinnabar Specimen
Collection
Robert Lavinsky
Description
At nearly 930 grams, this is a huge and significant example of this rare species, from perhaps its most classic old locality as far as actual display-quality specimens go. This specimen is covered by a blanket of fat, thick crystals to 6mm, about a thousand of them. It was traded to Rob Lavinsky by a collector who got it some time ago through an exchange with the California Institute of Technology's collection. Ugly perhaps, but for size and location, an important California specimen.
Locality
Mount Diablo Mine, Mount Diablo, Clayton, Diablo Range, Contra Costa Co., California
Dimensions
14.4 x 13.4 x 4.8 cm.
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