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Orpiment

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Description
Locality: 
Cavnic Mine, Maramureș County, Romania
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.5 × 7.5 × 6 cm
Description

This is truely an absolutely rarity for Romania.

Yellow-olive crystallized orpiment on quartz crystals all around the specimen. Very attractive and unusual.

Collected in the early 1990 - ex Hoffmann collection.

Mineral Data
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Orpiment

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