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Baryte On Orpiment

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Baryte On Orpiment

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Description
Locality: 
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, Libertad Department, Peru
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 7 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.00cm
Description

Nice specimen of botryoidal aggregates of orange auripigment with colourless crystals of barite up to 3 cm on it.

There are also some broken realgars on this specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

Orpiment

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

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