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Getchellite & Orpiment

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Getchellite & Orpiment

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Description
Locality: 
Getchell Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 4.6 × 2.2 cm
Description

A very colourful specimen of blood red getchellite from the type locality for which the species was named along with contrasting yellow orpiment

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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