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Orpiment

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Description
Locality: 
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, Libertad Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.3 × 4 × 5.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Description

Gorgeous, beautiful and lustrous burnt-orange orpiment crystals to a large 1.3 cm with sharp chisel terminations form a showy rib from the Quiruvilca Mine of Peru.

Ex. Wolfgang Schneider collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Orpiment

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