Orpiment
specimen number:
4272770
location:
Cut 62, Twin Creeks mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
description:
This is a really good example for crystallized orpiment from Nevada. This is from the well-known find at this mine in the late 1990s. Lustrous orange slightly translucent crystals measuring to 2.5 cm in length are nice across this matrix. This one is in excellent condition. Previously in the collection of Lloyd Tate.
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