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Orpiment On Arsenic

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Orpiment On Arsenic

with antique label
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

This is a very old and extremely rare specimen from Schneeberg, Saxony.

Tiny lenticular orpiment crystals partly covering massive native Arsenic.

Very unusual and rare specimen from the famous E. Noske collection.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Orpiment

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

Arsenic

Formula: 
As
Strunz: 
1.CA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
Grey