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Orpiment

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Description
Locality: 
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, Libertad Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 6 × 4.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.10cm
Weight: 
237.00gr
Description

Good size cluster of interpenetrated yellow-orange crystals of orpiment on a pyrite matrix. They are in good condition, considering that the piece was find in the early 1990’s.

Ex Ludo Van Goethem specimen #155.

Combine specimens to reduce shipping costs!.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Orpiment

Formula: 
As2S3
Strunz: 
2.FA.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0

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