China, Anhui
Changhua Chicken-Blood Stone, China
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: chicken-blood stone (cinnabar in dickite).
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: cinnabar in dickite/kaolinite
Famed source of 'chicken-blood stone' (bright cinnabar in soft matrix).View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Mercury (cinnabar), quarries
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