A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Orpiment from Kurdistan, Turkey |
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| Description | Orpiment, As2S3 (arsenic sulfide), is a rare mineral that usually forms with realgar. In this specimen, however, the realgar is absent. Orpiment's yellow color is distinctive and can only be confused with a few other minerals. Crystals of orpiment are extremely rare as it usually forms masses and crusts. The masses are sometimes transparent to a degree and may have a gemmy quality to them. |
| Location | Turkey. Near Kurdistan. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-07-17. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #79. |
| Key words | orpiment, Turkey |
| Tech details | 516 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1226 |
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