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Orpiment

ex Krantz stock (Bonn, GER), no old label
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Description
Locality: 
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4.3 × 3.1 cm
Weight: 
47.00gr
Description

From the Krantz stock comes this old late 19th/early 20th century orpiment specimen from Romania. It features bubbly botryoidal forms with the colour ranging from yellow via orange to dullish red-brown. Unfortunately no old label, came in a small lot of K.K. specimens from "Felsöbanya, Hungary" in one of the forgotten drawers at Krantz.

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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Best regards Roger