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Orpiment

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Description
Locality: 
Jiepaiyu Mine, Shimen, Shimen County, Changde, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 8.5 × 8 cm
Weight: 
375.00gr
Description

Nice specimem from China with a myriad of honey orpiment crystals of excellent brightness some of which has a gemmy quality for their transparency. Crystals are present in different sides of the piece as shown by photos.

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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