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Livingstonite, Cinnabar


Livingstonite, Cinnabar

Photo Copyright © Pavel M. Kartashov collection & photo  - This image is copyrighted. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited.
Locality: Khaidarkan (Chaidarkan) Sb-Hg deposit, Fergana Valley, Alai (Alay) Range, Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan
Agregate of metallic-grey livingstonite with typical alteration product - bright-red powdery secondary cinnabar, which is much more brighter than primary one. Livingstonite is very similar to stibnite. Only brown colour of powder and products of alteration allow to distinguish them megascopicaly. FOV is ~5x4 cm. Collected by Nikolai Frishman before 1988. Pavel M. Kartashov collection (#0051) and photo.

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