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Orpiment

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Description
Locality: 
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, Libertad Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 13.3 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

Very rich, yellow to orange, thick tabular orpiment crystals up to 15 mm tall on matrix from Quiruvilca Mine in Peru. The crystals show very minor imperfections on some of the crystal edges, otherwise an impressive specimen. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Orpiment

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

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