AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Peru > Barite on Orpiment |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 54650 |
Mineral: | Barite on Orpiment |
Locality: | Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru |
Description: | Lustrous transparent colorless tabular rectangular barite crystals to 11 mm on translucent orange orpiment crystals in rounded aggregates to 7 mm across with fragments of red realgar. |
Overall Size: | 7x4.5x3 cm |
Crystals: | 1-11 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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