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Orpiment

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Orpiment

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Description
Locality: 
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, Libertad Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4 × 3.9 cm
Description

Gorgeous specimen of dark orange orpiment crystals, up to 3 cm in size, on a sulphide-rich matrix, locally covered by a second generation of very small orpiment flowers.  The orpiment is associated with possibly hutchinsonite and gemmy lamellar crystals of baryte.  Ex-Paul Lortie specimen.

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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