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Orpiment & Baryte

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Orpiment & Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, Libertad Department, Peru
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14 × 11 × 5 cm
Description

Clusters of transparent colorless baryte blades on botryoidal orange-brown orpiment crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Orpiment

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

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White