Mineral: Cinnabar on Quartz
Locality: Nikitovka deposit, Horlivka (Gorlovka), Horlivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Dimensions: main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm

Description: The specimen comes from a little-known locality for cinnabars of this quality. In this case, it forms isolated aggregates on matrix, consisting of small, twinned, acute rhombohedral crystals that are transparent, bright, and have a very intense red color. It was part of the Tim Welting collection.

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