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English: Cinnabar, Quartz, Calcite
Locality: Tongren Mine, Wanshan District, Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China (Locality at mindat.org)
Size: 7.8 x 4.6 x 4.2 cm.
This translucent, elongated cinnabar crystal is just a hair under 3 cm tall. It is pristine, sharp, and has a rare non-pitted face for a crystal of such size. The crystal is firmly emplaced on a sparkling matrix of quartz, and anchored in with calcite that attaches to both the cinnabar and the quartz (i.e. there is no question of possible fakery, as with some Chinese cinnabars in recent years). It glows cherry red when backlit, and is metallic dark red in minimal lighting. So, overall, this small cabinet sized specimen is one of the most elegant and aesthetic I have seen in a long time, for the classic style of cinnabar from China that redefined, in the 1990s, what collectors could expect. This piece is from the Dr. Miguel Romero collection (see his bio on the Mineralogical Record site www.minrec.org), purchased in the late 1980s or early 1990s when these first came out. Although Dr. Romero collected Mexican minerals primarily, he did assemble a small collection of aesthetic worldwide specimens of different species he found interesting. This piece then went with his collection on loan, and on exhibit, at the University of Arizona where it remained for a decade, until the family sold his collection to me. Even amongst thousands of cinnabars mined in later years this is a stunning piece of high quality that stands above the crowd.
Deutsch: Cinnabarit, Quarz, Calcit
Fundort: Tongren Mine, Distrikt Wanshan, Tongren, Guizhou, China (Fundort bei mindat.org)
Größe: 7.8 x 4.6 x 4.2 cm.
Date before March 2010
date QS:P,+2010-03-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+2010-03-00T00:00:00Z/10
Source http://www.mindat.org/photo-265778.html
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Robert M. Lavinsky  (1972–)  wikidata:Q56247090
 
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Robert Matthew Lavinsky; Lavinsky, Robert M.; Lavinsky R M
Description American mineral collector and mineral dealer
iRocks.com (Mineralogical Record)
Date of birth 13 December 1972 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Columbus
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