Realgar with Orpiment on Sphalerite

Item Description

A lovely miniature sized specimen from the Palomo Mine in Peru. The piece features attractive red color, sharp, lustrous crystals of Realgar measuring up to 5 mm associated with yellow colored Orpiment on slightly iridescent black Sphalerite matrix. There are some contacts to the Realgar crystals, but they look decent up close. From the collection of Gary Weaver of Prescott, Arizona (1944-2019). Gary was an electrical engineer who worked for many years for Hughes Aircraft in California. After retiring to Prescott, Arizona in the early 2000s, Gary rekindled his childhood love of minerals, amassing a collection of roughly 2000 specimens focusing on localities in which he and his wife had lived or visited (Mexico, Peru and the western / southwestern United States). You can read Gary's obituary here https://www.dcourier.com/news/2019/apr/27/obituary-gary-richard-weaver/