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Baryte With Orpiment

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Baryte With Orpiment

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Description
Locality: 
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, Libertad Department, Peru
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 7 × 3 cm
Description

One of the most aesthetic pieces I've seen from the find. Although the piece is full of crystals, it's still clean in definition of structures. The orpiment flowers spread all over the barite sharp crystals matrix, which shine undeneath. The piece is an undamaged floater, safe for one crystal, and it's beautiful all around. I'm not sure what species is the reddish inclusions inside the barite crystals, maybe orpiment or realgar. In very collectible size, also.

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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