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Realgar Pararealgar Orpiment & Arsenic

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Realgar Pararealgar Orpiment & Arsenic

From an old collection of a doctor in chemistry from 1900-1930
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 6 × 3.5 cm
Description

This specimen consists of Realgar partially altered in Pararealgar and yellow Orpiment on a matrix with dark grey areas of native Arsenic and white Calcite from Felsobanya, Ungarn according to the German label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Realgar

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

Pararealgar

Formula: 
As4S4
Strunz: 
2.FA.15b
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 1.5
Type Locality: 
Mt Washington mine, Comox District, Vancouver Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Orpiment

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

Arsenic

Formula: 
As
Strunz: 
1.CA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
Grey

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