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Realgar from
Pampa Larga mining district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:Realgar
Formula:As4S4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Arsenolamprite2 photos of Realgar associated with Arsenolamprite at this locality.
Arsenic1 photo of Realgar associated with Arsenic at this locality.
Arsenolite1 photo of Realgar associated with Arsenolite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Realgar associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Realgar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pampa Larga mining district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:155758
Long-form Identifier:1:3:155758:9
GUID (UUID V4):4155be21-616e-44d3-9fd0-cb4bd07888ea
Localities for Realgar in this Region
Alacrán Mine, Alacrán, Pampa Larga mining district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
Descubridora mine, Pampa Larga mining district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Arsenolalnprite confirmed from the Copiap6 area, northern Chile UNTIL its characterization by Johan (I959), arsenolamprite...to apparently pure black arsenic from 'Copiap6, Chile', but both Jung (t926) and PadEra and Figera (I956)...the Pampa Larga mining district (27 ~ 36' S. ; 7~ xI' W.), near Copiap6, Atacama Province, Chile, the...confirmed by X-ray and electron microprobe study. This district is the only wellknown locality for native arsenic...among which stibnite, pyrite, galena, orpiment, realgar, and native arsenic predominate (Segerstrom and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ALPHA-ARSENIC SULFIDE, FROM VIINA ALACRAN, PAMPA LARGA, CHILE AreN H. Cr.anx, DepartmentoJ GeologicalSciences'...the Alacrrfn Ag-As-Sb vein deposit in northern chile. of these, one, which crystallized early in the...previously documented from natural assemblages. Realgar v'hich occurs as euhedral crystals in median vein...cavities is similar, but not identical to "normal" realgar, or B-AsS, from other localities. The relationships...temperature, monoclinic, B polymorph in specimensof realgar from many localities. The present note records
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
formation of metastibnite at Mina Alacri{n, Copiap6, Chile to oxidation from stibnite, but the metastibnite...(1970) Supergene metastibnite from Mina Alacr6n, Pampa Larga, Copiap6, Ctile. Amer. Mineral. SS, 210+-2106...SUPERGENE METASTIBNITE FROM MINA ALACRAN, PAMPA LARGA, COPIAPO, CHILE AraN H. Clanr, Department oJ Geological...27o36'S.; Long. 70o11'W') in the Pampa Larga mining district of northern Chile (Parker, Salas and P6rez, 1963)...oxidation product of cinnabar-bearing ores in northern Chile (Domeyko, 1864). However, X-ray examination of a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Arsenolalnprite confirmed from the Copiap6 area, northern Chile UNTIL its characterization by Johan (I959), arsenolamprite...to apparently pure black arsenic from 'Copiap6, Chile', but both Jung (t926) and PadEra and Figera (I956)...the Pampa Larga mining district (27 ~ 36' S. ; 7~ xI' W.), near Copiap6, Atacama Province, Chile, the...confirmed by X-ray and electron microprobe study. This district is the only wellknown locality for native arsenic...among which stibnite, pyrite, galena, orpiment, realgar, and native arsenic predominate (Segerstrom and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ARSENIANSPHALERITEFROM MINA AI,CARAN, PAMPALARGA,COPIAPO,CHILE Arew H. Cr-anr, Department oJ GeologicalSciences...material representsa mixture of sphalerite and realgar but no further work appearsto have been carried...Salas and P6rez, 1963), in the Pampa Larga mining district of northern Chile (Lat. 27"36'5.;Long. 70'11'W...with late-stagegreigite,pyrite, native arsenic,realgar,and orpiment;and (3) rarely, as free-standingcrystalsin...free-standingcrystalsin vugs, in association with realgar and orpiment. SphaleritegenerationsI and 2 have a brownish-black
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
discovery of an unusual occurrence of alacranite and realgar associated with polymetallic vein mineralization...the third polymorph of this composition, after realgar and pararealgar. The structure contains covalently...that of synthetic –As4S4. Keywords: alacranite, realgar, pararealgar, arsenic sulfide, structure determination...silver mine, Pampa Larga mining district, Chile, by Clark (1970). He reported a realgar-like mineral...described by Hall (1966). Clark (1970) noted that realgar coats surfaces or cavity walls, whereas alacranite
 
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