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Cut 20, Twin Creeks Mine, Potosi District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

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Multiple photos availableOrpiment : As2S3

Cut 20, Twin Creeks Mine, Potosi District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

A very fine miniature of this intensly orange mineral, on a contrasting black matrix of silicified Ordovician rock. The find occurred several years ago, and with an agreement between Collector's Edge and the Newmont Mining Corporation, a significant number of specimens have been mined in various qualities and pricepoints, enabling collectors of ...
 © Joseph A. FreilichPhoto ID: 72704    View Count: 341

Orpiment : As2S3

Cut 20, Twin Creeks Mine, Potosi District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

3.8 x 2.4 x 2.0 cm. A HIGHLY AESTHETIC cluster of extremely lustrous, vibrant orange, gemmy orpiment crystals with chisel terminations beautifully perched on a thin matrix plate from the 2001 find at the famous Twin Creeks Gold Mine of Nevada. This gorgeous piece is from Cut 20 of the mine, in one of the last areas to be excavated. Twin Creeks ...
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 162513    View Count: 91

Orpiment : As2S3, Picropharmacolite : Ca4Mg[(HAsO4)2|(AsO4)2] · 11H2O

Cut 20, Twin Creeks Mine, Potosi District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

Orpiment (orange), Picropharmacolite (white)

8cm x 4.5cm
 © Henk van der PijlPhoto ID: 201600    View Count: 59

Multiple photos availableOrpiment : As2S3

Cut 20, Twin Creeks Mine, Potosi District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

70 x 55 x 25 mm.
 © Joseph A. FreilichPhoto ID: 236247    View Count: 42
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