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Orpiment

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Description
Locality: 
Libertad Department, Peru
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 2.8 × 1.8 cm
Description

Incredible colour and best contrast on snowy white matrix. The Oripigent is well crystalized, which is hard to capture with the camera and all these tiny faces are glossy. Undamaged.

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Orpiment

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