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DESCRIPTION: | No. 66201 |
Mineral: | Orpiment |
Locality: | Twin Creeks Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada |
Description: | Lustrous transparent-to-translucent yellow-brown orpiment crystals on gray sulfide-rich matrix. The orpiment crystals are wedge-shaped bladed form in aggregate of subparallel crystals. The orpiment shows pearly yellow cleavage faces on edges. Collected ca. 1999 |
Overall Size: | 5x4.5x2.5 cm |
Crystals: | 5-15 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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