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Orpiment Psm Realgar On Sphalerite

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Orpiment Psm Realgar On Sphalerite

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4.3 × 3.1 cm
Description

Thick crystals of deep red lustrous realgar partially replaced by yellow-orange microcrystalline orpiment. It is a floater piece where the matrix is an aggregate of twinned sphalerite, fully crystallized, associated to minor white quartz patches. Nice pseudomorph from the Palomo mine.

Acquired in 1999. Ex. Dr. Bob Janssens specimen, #1632.

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

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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