Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Realgar

Views:
Watches:
MSD909195

Realgar

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Shimen County, Changde, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 5 × 3 cm
Weight: 
80.00gr
Description

This is a very well preserved, fairly large Realgar single crystal from a now classic locality: the Shonhuang Kuan Mine in China. This particular specimen was acquired at the Mineral Show in Dortmund, Germany in 1995.

Ex-K. Pliester collection

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Realgar

Formula: 
As4S4
Strunz: 
2.FA.15a
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0