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Orpiment, Pyrite, Quartz from Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru

 
Orpiment, Pyrite, Quartz from Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru

Orpiment, Pyrite, Quartz from Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru

DESCRIPTION:No. 38044
Mineral:Orpiment, Pyrite, Quartz
Locality:Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru
Description:Doubly-terminated translucent orange-brown orpiment up to 33 mm with pyrite and quartz. The orpiment crystals are prismatic form with complex edges of minute parallel crystal faces that give them an opaque yellow appearance (edges only).
Overall Size:36x18x15 mm
Crystals:1-33 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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