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4.2" Orange Orpiment, Pyrite & Sphalerite on Quartz Crystals - Peru
This beautiful specimen contains beautiful red/orange orpiment crystals that formed in association with quartz, sphalerite, and tiny pyrite crystals, collected from the Palomo Mines in Huancavelica, Peru.
It comes with an acrylic display stand.
It comes with an acrylic display stand.
About Orpiment
Orpiment is a bright orange to yellow arsenic sulfide mineral. Its name is derived from the latin phrase auripigmentum, meaning “gold pigment”. It is frequently found as a decay byproduct and in association with another arsenic mineral, realgar. Orpiment crystals are commonly found in dense groupings containing small, prismatic crystals, often with chisel-shaped or triangular pyramidal terminations.
Orpiment contains a significant amount of the poisonous mineral arsenic. While it’s not going to pose a health hazard sitting on a shelf, it’s recommended that you wash your hands after handling it.
Orpiment is a bright orange to yellow arsenic sulfide mineral. Its name is derived from the latin phrase auripigmentum, meaning “gold pigment”. It is frequently found as a decay byproduct and in association with another arsenic mineral, realgar. Orpiment crystals are commonly found in dense groupings containing small, prismatic crystals, often with chisel-shaped or triangular pyramidal terminations.
Orpiment contains a significant amount of the poisonous mineral arsenic. While it’s not going to pose a health hazard sitting on a shelf, it’s recommended that you wash your hands after handling it.
SPECIES
Orpiment, Pyrite, Sphalerite & Quartz
LOCATION
Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru
SIZE
4.2 x 3.1"
CATEGORY
ITEM
#276050
