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Lorándite & Orpiment

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Lorándite & Orpiment

ex Americo Urbinati collection
Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Allchar, Rožden, North Macedonia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 3.1 × 2.1 cm
Description

some yellow, lustrous orpiment crystals host some red lorandite crystals from its type locality

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lorándite

Formula: 
TlAsS2
Strunz: 
2.HD.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Allchar (Alsar; Alshar), Roszdan, Republic of Macedonia

Orpiment

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