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Orpiment

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Description
Locality: 
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, Libertad Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.6 × 5.8 × 3.8 cm
Description

Several yolk yellow to orange-brown coloured, disc shaped crystals of Orpiment on matrix from the famous Quiruvilca Mine of Peru. The crystals are sharp edged, highly lustrous and transparent. Despite the specimen is not perfect it is anyway a beautiful and colourful thing.

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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