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Description: Orpiment Locality: El'brusskiy (Elbrusskii) Arsenic mine, Elbrus, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Northern Caucasus Region, Russia (Locality at mindat.org) Size: miniature, 5.8 x 3.5 x 1.7 cm Orpiment One of the finest specimens of this material I have sene, because it has unusual aesthetics in tha tthe crystals form isolated sprays showing the matrix between...making for a bit of contrast. Usually, these form thick carpets of solid growth, without individual sprays. These specimens have the top quality color saturation for the find.
Title: Orpiment-d06-185b
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