 | "Like other Elbrusskiy orpiment specimens, this one has that unusual transparent orange color. The crystals are radial clusters of transparent orange, with excellent terminations. On one side (where this specimen was separated from its neighbor), the individual crystals hare turned the usual bright opaque yellow of orpiment, looking like crystalline gold leaf. The transparent orange crystals are flexible, but bending them turns them into that opaque yellow form. Orpiment is a rare mineral that usually forms with realgar. In fact the two minerals are almost always together. Crystals of orpiment are extremely rare as it usually forms masses and crusts. The masses are sometimes transparent to a degree and have a gemmy quality to them. Orpiment is derived from the latin auripigmentum, or golden pigment." Location: El' Brusskiy (Elbrusskiy) Mine, Northern Caucasus Region, Russia
Size: 5.15 x 5.15 x 1.17 cm.
Weight: 0.2 lbs.
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$30.00 |