AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Peru > Realgar and Quartz with Pyrite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 75835 |
Mineral: | Realgar and Quartz with Pyrite |
Locality: | Julcani District, Huancavelica, Peru |
Description: | Vivid red-orange realgar on translucent colorless quartz crystals to 6 mm with yellow-metallic pyrite crystals to 5 mm. The realgar crystals that formed deep in the cavities were protected from damage and are complete. |
Overall Size: | 6.5x6x2.5 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 6 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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