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Realgar

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Description
Locality: 
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 3 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.50cm
Description

A mass of grey white stibnite-rich matrix is spread over with dark red realgar crystals to 2.5cm in length.

Excellent and showy display of the realgar from the historic find, made in late 2005. Beautiful !

Mineral Data
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Realgar

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