| 5btmlnr ((ORPIMENT, CALCITE with REALGAR)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Jiepaiyu Mine, Shimen County, Hunan Province, China, 8 x 8 x 4 cm, Cabinet | |
_small.jpg) | Shimen specimen with terminated crystals of yellow orange Orpiment to 2 cm making up the base. Scalenahedral crystals of Calcite to 7 cm which have grown over the Orpiment crystal covered base. The Calcite is included with red Realgar. Bottom half of Calcite is white and opaque while the top half are translucent with the red realgar crystals visable inside the Calcite crystals. |
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