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Orpiment

From an old miner collection 1919 - 1991
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Description
Locality: 
Miniki Gol, Lutkho Valley, Chitrāl, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 7 × 5 cm
Description

468g heavy Orpiment from Mirkhash Gol, Chitrāl, Chitrāl District

Chitral is the northwesternernmost district of Pakistan on the southern flank of the Hindu Rush range , which forms the western segment of the broad mountain arc of the greater Himalayan system.

Rocks from Devonian to Cretaceous regionally metamorphosed of low to medium grade are intruded by Upper Cretaceous granite plutons.
Although prospections were promising for copper, silver, gold, tungsten, lead and antimony, high mountain terrain and lack of infrastructures hamper mining activity.

 

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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