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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
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 3.1 × 1.3 cm
Description

This piece comes from a classic find and it has two differnt faces. Although both faces have the same combination and color contrast, the appearance in photo makes everyone think it's two specimens! Opripment grows in flowers and shows contrast against barite crystals, on one side white and on the opposite, grey with great luster!Some realgar crystals are present as a compliment to paragenesis and aeshtetics!No significant damage!

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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