Hutchinsonite with Orpiment, Pyrite, Sphalerite

specimen number:
1603758

location:
Quiruvilca mine, La Libertad, Peru

description:
Metallic prismatic crystals of hutchinsonite measuring to almost 0.5 cm in size throughout this sphalerite crystal matrix with orpiment and minor pyrite. Good example for this rare thallium sulfosalt. Very slight damage present to some of the orpiment crystals typical of these.

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