| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from China > Orpiment |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 76166 |
| Mineral: | Orpiment |
| Locality: | Shimen Mine, Hunan, China |
| Description: | Unusually large cluster of elongated translucent yellow-brown orpiment crystals to 20 mm lining a cavity on the top face of a crystallized mass of yellow orpiment with minor red realgar. Remnants of white calcite are in the center of the orpiment cavity. |
| Overall Size: | 13x8x8 cm |
| Crystals: | 5-20 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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