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Orpiment & Quartz

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Orpiment & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 5.6 × 5.1 cm
Description

A beautiful combination with yellow orpiment covering selective faces of a milky quartz plate. Minor boulangerite rings are scatterer throughout. Very interesting under the lens, still quite showy to the naked eye.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Orpiment

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
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