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Lustrous Orpiment with Calcite
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Collection |
John Betts - Fine Minerals |
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Description |
Lustrous yellow-orange Orpiment crystals up to 50 mm long intergrown
colorless scalenohedral Calcite. The Orpiment crystals are columnar
form with complex edges of minute parallel crystal faces that give them
an opaque yellow appearance on their edges. |
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Locality |
Shimen Mine, Hunan, China |
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Dimensions |
6 x 6 x 5 cm. |
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Specimen Grade |
B |
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Photograph |
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