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Orpiment With Calcite

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Orpiment With Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Jiepaiyu Mine, Shimen, Shimen County, Changde, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 6.5 × 3.7 cm
Weight: 
83.00gr
Description

Nice yellow terminated oripment with some realgar and white Calcite. Specimen comes from a recent find in China. Nice color contrast. Photo was made with strong light. 

M58

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Orpiment

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
Piatek Minerals

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