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Guérinite Orpiment & Realgar

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Guérinite Orpiment & Realgar

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Description
Locality: 
Getchell Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 3.3 × 3.5 cm
Description

White fibrous radiating sprays of guerinite on a contrasting black background with orange orpiment and red realgar

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Guérinite

Formula: 
Ca5(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2·9H2O
Strunz: 
8.CJ.75
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5
Colour: 
Colorless
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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
Earthstones Australia

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