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Realgar &orpigment

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Realgar &orpigment

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Description
Locality: 
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, Libertad Department, Peru
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 9.7 × 5 cm
Description

Beautiful specimen with some prismatic dark red realgar crystals in rosette in association with a lot of vivid orange acicular orpiment crystals free and in ball aggregates. Crystals are in two sides of the piece

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Realgar

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

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