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Orpiment With Realgar

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Orpiment With Realgar

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Description
Locality: 
Crassier Saint-Pierre, La Ricamarie, Saint-Étienne, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3 × 2 cm
Description

Very colorfull combinaton of 'molten' realgar and orpiment. The locality is a famous burning coal dump.

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

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