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Alacránite Realgar & Arsenolamprite

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Alacránite Realgar & Arsenolamprite

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Description
Locality: 
Alacrán Mine, Pampa Larga, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 1.7 × 1.5 cm
Description

Nice specimen of rare, bright orange Alacránite with red Realgar and minor dark, metallic Arsenolamprite on matrix. Specimen comes from Co-Type Locality for Alacránite - Alacrán Mine in Chile. Specimen was analasyed!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Alacránite

Formula: 
As8S9
Strunz: 
2.FA.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5
Type Locality: 
Alacrán Mine, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile

Realgar

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

Arsenolamprite

Formula: 
As
Strunz: 
1.CA.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
Black.
Type Locality: 
Palmbaum Mine (Shaft 46), Gehringswalde, Marienberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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