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Realgar

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Description
Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2 × 2 cm
Description

This is another specimen from the famous Lengenbach Quarry.

Beautiful and deep red realgar crystal on white dolomite matrix.

Ex FGL Forschungsgemeinschaft Lengenbach collection

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Realgar

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