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Orpiment Realgar & Tetrahedrite

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Orpiment Realgar & Tetrahedrite

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Description
Locality: 
Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.4 × 4 × 3 cm
Description

Very interesting and unusual botryoidal orange-brown orpiment. Most of the spheres are sprinkled with tiny realgar crystals. All on a matrix base of tetrahedrite and rock crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Orpiment

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

Realgar

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

Tetrahedrite

Formula: 
Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]Sb4S13
Strunz: 
2.GB.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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