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Realgar With Orpiment & Greigite

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Realgar With Orpiment & Greigite

found by Dr. Steppen, Wiesbaden
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Matra Mine, Moïta, Corte, Haute-Corse, Corsica, France
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 3.7 × 2.3 cm
Description

Specimen with nice realgar crystals (rare at the locality) and possibly some rare arsenic-stibium and/or nickel-iron ores like greigite (most plausible), pääkkönenite, heazlewoodite and/or awaruite in the matrix (not pictured).

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

Greigite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+2S4
Strunz: 
2.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Streak: 
black
Type Locality: 
Four Corners No. 3; 4 & 5 wells, Kramer-Four Corners area, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

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