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Orpiment

Former collection Burger (Switzerland)
With Antique Label

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Locality: 
Banat Mountains, Caraş-Severin County, Romania
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 0.8 × 0.8 cm
Description

Historic specimen of orpiment from Banat Mountains, Romania. The specimens are at least two dozens yellow flakes kept in a glass vial with a cork cap. The cap does not look sealed (I have not tried to open it), and around it there is a handwritten label reporting 'Orpiment, Banat, Hungary' in German. As the locality is currently set in Romania, this sets the specimen back to at least the WWII.

Quite intriguing and well preserved historical specimens. Former collection Burger (Switzerland), pre-WWII and relabelled in modern times. Sizes refer to the vial.

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Mineral Data
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Orpiment

Formula: 
As2S3
Strunz: 
2.FA.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0

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