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Orpiment

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Description
Locality: 
El'brusskiy Mine, Elbrus Mountain, Karachay-Cherkessia, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 1.8 × 1.2 cm
Description

Parallel aggregate of orpiment crystals with good terminations and excellent colour and lustre for the species. Representative specimen of the El'brusskiy Arsenic Mine, a Caucasian locality barely represented in collections.

Acquired in 1992 by Dr. Geologist B.Janssens (#186).

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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