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Seligmannite Realgar Orpiment & Chalcopyrite On Quartz

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Seligmannite Realgar Orpiment & Chalcopyrite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 5 × 1.6 cm
Description

Chalcopyrite, spotted with micro crystals of seligmannite, between rock crystals. In the middle a realgar crystal, already in large parts transformed to orpiment. Some spots of orange-brown anorpiment (the Palomo mine is the type locality for it).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Seligmannite

Formula: 
PbCuAsS3
Strunz: 
2.GA.50
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

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

Chalcopyrite

Formula: 
CuFeS2
Strunz: 
2.CB.10a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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