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Getchellite & Orpiment

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Getchellite & Orpiment

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Description
Locality: 
Valīlū Mines, Ahar, Jolfa County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 2.3 × 2 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small matrix specimen with many vugs filled with beautiful tabular getchellite crystals with orange orpiment. Could probably be trimmed into several good specimens.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Getchellite

Formula: 
AsSbS3
Strunz: 
2.FA.35
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Getchell Mine (North Pit; Center pit; South pit), Adam Peak, Potosi District, Osgood Mts, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

Orpiment

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

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