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Realgar

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Description
Locality: 
Matra Mine, Moïta, Corte, Haute-Corse, Corsica, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 3.5 × 1.8 cm
Weight: 
24.00gr
Description

A thick drusy composed of tabular and elongated realgar crystals populating a broad portion of this elegant miniature. Realgar is very fresh and lustrous, with negligible peripheral contact.
Fresh and well-crystallized realgar from Corsica is nowadays very rare.

This is a classic, defunct locality, with specimens scarcely found in some rather old collections. I was lucky enough to get ahold of this specimen a few years ago from a knowledgeable Italian collector, Francesco Giacomino, who recently passed away, and I am safe to say this specimen is at least 15-20 years old.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Realgar

Formula: 
As4S4
Strunz: 
2.FA.15a
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0

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