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Orpiment

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Description
Locality: 
Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.1 × 1.5 cm
Description

Lustrous yellow orpiment crystals on matrix from Peru.

Ex. Dr. Bob Janssens specimen, #195.

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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