Cinnabar in Calcite
sold- Locality
- Terlingua, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
- Minerals
- Cinnabar, Calcite
- Dimensions
- 3.8 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
- Size class
- Miniature
- SID
- C285
Single yellow scalenohedral Calcite crystal with a sharp phantom of Cinnabar. This is a rare specimen from the old mercury mining district of Terlingua, located near the Mexican border. Cinnabar was discovered here in the 1880s, creating a temporary mining town, now nothing remains but a ghost town.