A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Orpiment with realgar |
|---|---|
| Description | Orpiment, As2S3 (arsenic sulfide), is rarely found without realgar, AsS (arsenic sulfide). Orpiment is the yellow mineral in this specimen; realgar is orange-pink to red. This specimen is about 6 cm across. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-07-17. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #444. |
| Key words | orpiment, realgar |
| Tech details | 380 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1227 |
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