Barite with Orpiment (1783)
specimen number:
8811625
location:
Quiruvilca mine, La Libertad, Peru
description:
Very showy combination piece with colorless mostly gemmy lustrous tabular crystals of thick barite to 3.7 cm in size across the top of a botryoidal crystallized orange orpiment matrix. This is in very good condition. The combination is quite attractive. Minor realgar is present as well.
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