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Orpiment

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Description
Locality: 
Lukhumi, Mestia-Racha District, Racha-Lochkhumi-Kvemo Svaneti Region, Georgia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14 × 8 × 9 cm
Description

"Old time", uncommon specimen of yellow-orange, lucent orpiment crystals with small traces of realgar.

Ex Wolfgang Schneider collection

Finding: about 1975

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Orpiment

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