Orpiment with Barite
specimen number:
8035356
location:
Quiruvilca mine, La Libertad, Peru
description:
Pretty pretty botryoidal orange crystallized orpiment across the top of this matrix with tabular gemmy colorless crystals of barite to 0.8 cm in size. This is in very good condition, what appears at first to be somewhat rubbing to the crystals is actually a second-generation of orpiment in the piece is in very good condition.
Size: 9.5 x 9.5 x 5 0 cm (cabinet)
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