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Orpiment & Realgar

ex. Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Armbster, Goslar
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Moldova Nouă Mine, Moldova Nouă-Sasca, Banat Mountains, Caraş-Severin County, Romania
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

A historic example of auripiment and realgar from Romania.

Comes with an antique handwritten label of Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Armbster, a Mineral dealer in Goslar, Germany in the 1890's, specializing in worldwide mineral specimens.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Orpiment

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

Realgar

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