Realgar

  
 
  
 
  
  
 
  
Realgar with barite
  
Origin: Shimen, Hunan Prov, China
Sample size: 2.8 x 2.0 x 0.7 cm (top), 2.1 x 0.9 x 0.4 cm (2nd row), 4.6 x 3.6 x 2.8 cm (3rd/4th/5th row), 3.3 x 2.4 x 2.0 cm (6th row), 2.4 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Brilliant showy bright red acicular crystals of realgar to 2 mm in length are thickly covering a coal rich matrix
Origin: Saint-Etienne, Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France
Sample size: 6.5 x 3.5 x 1.8 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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