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Orpiment

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Description
Locality: 
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, Libertad Department, Peru
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 3.8 × 2.9 cm
Description

Translucent yellow-orange orpiment crystals up to 27 mm on matrix. The orpiment crystals have minor scuffs on some outer edges, but are quite translucent with excellent colour. Collected pre-1979.

Ex. L. Zara and Don Belsher collections with labels.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Orpiment

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