*Very Rare* 3lbs Myrickite California Lapidary Agatized & Opalized Cinnabar For Sale

Myrickite large Manhattan Mine Napa County California Rough Lapidary. Send offers!!!

I’m selling this very rare specimen, I’ve been holding on to it for years. I had planned on slicing it up and selling it but it is very hard, almost impossible to find this stone in this big of piece anywhere on the Internet. Believe me I have been searching.

Tiny slabs that are about 40 grams go for $2000. The Word on the street is that they go for $35-$45 a gram. But that doesn’t seem realistic to me because that means that the stone would be like $50,000.

So although I’m not sure what I should be charging for this giant Myrickite. I am hoping if you find this post and somebody will give me a little bit of insight on if I am over or under charging. I am very honest and don’t want to feel like I’m taking advantage of somebody.

Please send messages and any questions that you have about this piece. And if you happen to have one yourself take a picture I would love to see it

I’m excepting offers as of right now good luck.

Unique to the United States, Myrickite is found at only one location in any quantity. During the early 1950s, Myrickite had been found in small quantities at the Manhattan Mine,[1] located in Napa County, California, USA.

Myrickite is a quite rare form of opalized and agatized cinnabar minerals.

The name "Myrickite" is a lapidary term like "Montana Agate" or "Thunder Egg", not a mineral name. In addition, the percentage of mercury (0.01%) in this material is enough to give Myrickite its beautiful coloring. Myrickite is named after Francis Marion "Shady" Myrick who discovered it while prospecting in California's Death Valley in 1911.