Botryoidal Orpiment (uncommon style)

Jiepaiyu Mine (Shimen Mine), Hunan Prov., China
Cabinet, 11.7 x 7.3 x 6.9 cm
Start Time: 12/18/2016 7:00:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 12/22/2016 6:31:28 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Rich burnt-orange bubbly orpiment botryoids fill a sculptural vug in large hefty sufide matrix on this very colorful and attractive specimen from this well-known mine. Botryoidal orpiment is rare compared to crystallized orpiment from this locale, noted for outstanding realgar and realgar and calcite combinations.

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