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Orpiment with Realgar from Mercur District, Toole County, Utah

 
Orpiment with Realgar from Mercur District, Toole County, Utah

Orpiment with Realgar from Mercur District, Toole County, Utah

Orpiment with Realgar from Mercur District, Toole County, Utah

Orpiment with Realgar from Mercur District, Toole County, Utah

Orpiment with Realgar from Mercur District, Toole County, Utah

Orpiment with Realgar from Mercur District, Toole County, Utah

DESCRIPTION:No. 77711
Mineral:Orpiment with Realgar
Locality:Mercur District, Toole County, Utah
Description:Lustrous transparent-to-translucent vivid-orange orpiment crystals to 12 mm in parallel orientation perched on a mass of fine-grained orpiment matrix. The largest orpiment crystal has lustrous red realgar microcrystals on one side. From my personal collection; collected ca. 1984
Overall Size:25x17x15 mm
Crystals:micro to 12 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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