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Anorpiment & Orpiment

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Anorpiment & Orpiment

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Description
Locality: 
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2 × 1.3 cm
Description

Brownish yellow balls of this two minerals. Old, reanalysed find from the 1960's.
the spheres consist mainly of anorpiment

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Anorpiment

Formula: 
As2S3
Hardness: 
1.5 - 0.0
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru

Orpiment

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

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