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Cinnabar
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A quite attractive and unusual old specimen from California's famous old cinnabar mines. Cinnabar in specimen’s banded vein (silica-carbonate, an alteration product of serpentine), eluding scores of droplets of mercury that did not exist when this specimen was purchased as a location cinnabar in February 2014. The mercury seeps out of the rock after mining, moving to naturally ball on the surface in normal atmosphere. The look is...unique! Laszlo Kupi photo.
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| Date | Collector | Acquisition price |
|---|---|---|
| — | The Arkenstone | Not disclosed |
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vivid scarlet crystals with adamantine luster; brittle yet prized, often on white carbonate, from historic mines and modern Chinese localities.Regional guide
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