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Orpiment

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Description
Locality: 
Twin Creeks Mine, Potosi District, Humboldt County, Nevada, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 3.5 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Description

A beautiful and excellent orpiment specimen from the cut 62, North Zone of the Twin Creeks Mine with a very rich coverage of gemmy orange crystals up to 8 mm on matrix.
Very clean of damage.
From my own collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Orpiment

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

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