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Realgar With Orpiment Hörnesite & Stibnite

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Realgar With Orpiment Hörnesite & Stibnite

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Description
Locality: 
Matra Mine, Moïta, Corte, Haute-Corse, Corsica, France
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.8 × 4.6 × 4 cm
Description

A very beautiful realgar specimen with minor yellow orpiment, colorless hörnesite micro-crystals and metallic black stibnite needles in the matrix. Very fine and rarely seen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Realgar

Formula: 
As4S4
Strunz: 
2.FA.15a
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0

Orpiment

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

Hörnesite

Formula: 
Mg3(AsO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Hardness: 
1.0
Type Locality: 
Ciclova (Csiklova), Oraviţa-Ciclova Cu-Mo-(W) ore field, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin Co., Romania

Stibnite

Formula: 
Sb2S3
Strunz: 
2.DB.05
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
Lead grey

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