A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Realgar and orpiment from Felsobanya, Hungary |
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| Description | Realgar, AsS (arsenic sulfide), is one of only a few sulfides that are non-metallic, opaque or blandly colored. Realgar occurs in hydrothermal veins with valuable metal sulfide ores and its bright red color is distinctive. Orpiment, As2S3 (arsenic sulfide), is a rare mineral that usually forms with realgar. In fact the two minerals are almost always together. The yellow color is special to orpiment and can be confused only with a few other minerals. |
| Location | Hungary. Near Felsobanya. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-07-17. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #78. |
| Key words | orpiment, realgar, Hungary |
| Tech details | 786 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1223 |
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