Realgar on Calcite from Shimen Mine, Hunan Province, China
| DESCRIPTION: | No. 62107
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| Mineral: | Realgar on Calcite
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| Locality: | Shimen Mine, Hunan Province, China |
| Description: | Transparent-to-translucent gray-yellow scalenohedral calcite crystals to 80 mm with lustrous transparent red realgar crystals to 6 mm in the crevices between the calcite crystal. The realgar crystals have deep red color, though many are incomplete. Collected ca. 1995 |
| Overall Size: | 8x6x3.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-80 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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