Search Archived Mineral Specimens
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Getchell mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada, United States
- Formula
- AsS
- Size
- SmCabinet 7x4.5x3.5cm
- Tagged
- sulfide
Bright red acicular Realgar crystals to 2mm with good coverage of excellent snow white Pharmacolite.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden
- Formula
- AsS
- Size
- SmCabinet 6x4.5x4.5cm
- Tagged
- sulfide
Realgar was rare at Langban having been found in scare quantities. In the book "Langban" et al by Bollmark et al, they explain it occured in two different paragenesis one in magnetite and the other granular Hematite. This specimen is the granular Hematite, which according to the book was found in 1937 by EG Varg. The specimen is very rich with corroded crystals to 2mm. There is an unidentified acicular crystal which occurs in bundles within the vugs.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Getchell mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada, United States
- Formula
- AsS
- Size
- SmCabinet 5.5x3.5x3.5cm
- Tagged
- sulfide
Bright red acicular crystals covering yellow 1 to 1.5cm Orpiment crystals. Note the color saturation is not photoshoped.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Lengenbach quarry, Binn Valley, Wallis, Switzerland
- Formula
- AsS
- Size
- SmCabinet 7x4.5x4cm
- Tagged
- sulfide
Two cherry red parallel growth crytsals to 3mm in vug.