Orpiment
specimen number:
1341563
location:
4200 bench, cut 62, Twin Creeks mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
description:
Brilliant lustrous crystals of orpiment covering the top of this matrix. The crystals are attractive and translucent with a good luster. This one is in very good condition for the species. This would have been collected in the late 1990s.
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