A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Realgar and orpiment |
|---|---|
| Description | Orpiment (As2S3) and realgar (AsS) are ores of arsenic. In the United States, major deposits of these minerals are in Mercer, Utah, and Manhattan, Nevada. They are no longer mined because arsenic is rarely used today. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-07-17. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #3171. |
| Key words | realgar, orpiment |
| Tech details | 668 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1224 |
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