| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from China > Realgar on Calcite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 63533 |
| Mineral: | Realgar on Calcite |
| Locality: | Shimen Mine, Hunan Province, China |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent yellowish-gray scalenohedral calcite crystals to 38 mm with lustrous transparent red realgar crystals to 11 mm on the side of the main calcite crystal. The realgar crystals have deep red color. Ex. Mort Metersky collection, originally collected in 1993-1994 |
| Overall Size: | 5x3.5x3 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-38 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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