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Orpiment On Colemanite

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Orpiment On Colemanite

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Description
Locality: 
Bigadiç Mine, Bigadiç District, Balikesir Province, Turkey
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 5.5 × 3.8 cm
Weight: 
110.00gr
Description

Dusting of microcrystals of orpiment grown on crystals with parallel accretion of bright and colorless Colemanite 8 mm

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Orpiment

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

Colemanite

Formula: 
Ca[B3O4(OH)3]·H2O
Strunz: 
6.CB.10
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan area), Inyo Co., California, USA