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Orpiment & Calcite

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Orpiment & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Jiepaiyu Mine, Shimen, Shimen County, Changde, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.4 × 10.2 × 7.7 cm
Description

Freestanding, sharp terminated, end-pointed and lustrous Orpiment crystals in intense orange-red color perched on well shaped Calcite scalenohedrons. Best quality of Oripiment, most intense color you can imagine - only minor backlight and it looks like the crystals glow! The contrast to white Calicte and the assemble are very aesthetic - for sure a mayor piece for the mineral as well for the locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Orpiment

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White