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Orpiment on Pyrite with Hutchinsonite from Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru

 
Orpiment on Pyrite with Hutchinsonite from Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru

Orpiment on Pyrite with Hutchinsonite from Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru

Orpiment on Pyrite with Hutchinsonite from Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru

DESCRIPTION:No. 65493
Mineral:Orpiment on Pyrite with Hutchinsonite
Locality:Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru
Description:Many orange-brown orpiment crystals to 1 mm in rosette-shaped aggregates to 3 mm diameter on yellow-metallic pyrite crystals to 3 mm with lustrous black prismatic hutchinsonite crystals to 3 mm. Some orpiment aggregates are bruised. Ex. D. Miller collection #M1503
Overall Size:6.5x4x1.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 3 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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