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Baryte & Orpiment

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Baryte & Orpiment

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Description
Locality: 
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, Libertad Department, Peru
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 3.5 × 3.4 cm
Description

Highly lustrous transparent baryte crystals attractively set on orange orpiment. The crystals are up to 19mm across, their termination is razor-sharp, they are free-standing and the contrast to intense colored orpiment is fantastic. The specimen is very aesthetic and in excellent condition damage-wise.

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