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Getchellite On Orpiment

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Getchellite On Orpiment

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Description
Locality: 
Getchell Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.6 × 2.9 cm
Description

Lustrous, platy, red coloured mica-like crystals of getchellite in a yellow orpiment matrix from the type locality, Getchell Mine of Nevada.

Exchanged in 1977 by René Virlet with US collector Jessie Hardman. Ex. René Virlet specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Getchellite

Formula: 
AsSbS3
Strunz: 
2.FA.35
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Getchell Mine (North Pit; Center pit; South pit), Adam Peak, Potosi District, Osgood Mts, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

Orpiment

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

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