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Baryte With Orpiment & Realgar

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Baryte With Orpiment & Realgar

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Description
Locality: 
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, Libertad Department, Peru
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 10 × 8 cm
Description

 A very nice combination specimen of well terminated gemmy colorless barite, orpiment over matrix , minor realgar crystals can be seen at back side of the specimen.

A very good specimen from the locality.

 

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

Realgar

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

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