China, Inner Mongolia
Balin Stone, China
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: Balin stone, chicken-blood stone (cinnabar).
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: pyrophyllite/dickite carving stone
Source of Balin seal and chicken-blood carving stone.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Quarries, mercury in blood stone
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