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Calcite & Realgar

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Calcite & Realgar

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Description
Locality: 
Jiepaiyu Mine, Shimen, Shimen County, Changde, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4 × 6.5 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.80cm
Description

An aesthetic specimen with beautiful deep red transparent realgar crystals on white transculent calcite scalenohedrons. An excellent contrast!

Very nice specimen!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

Realgar

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