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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: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13 × 7 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

Gorgeous, beautiful and lustrous burnt-orange orpiment crystals to a large 2 cm with striking orange highlights and sharp chisel terminations form a showy and excellent rib from the Quiruvilca Mine of Peru.

Pieces of this outstanding quality came out from the 1970s to 1981, with none since. Ex. Armin Wendland collection.

Mineral Data
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Orpiment

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