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Name: Orpiment
Orp
Specimens in Collection:

#978: Hutchinsonite / Orpiment
Quiruvilca Mine, La Libertad Dept., Peru

#42: Realgar / Orpiment
China

#182: Orpiment
China
IMA Chemistry: As2S3
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Orpiment contains elements:
Arsenic (As)
Sulfur (S)
Country of Type Locality: unknown
Year First Published: 0
IMA Status: Approved,Grandfathered
Status Notes: Mineral name has been known since antiquity and predates any formal descriptive publication
Structural Group Name: Orpiment
Fleischer's Group Name:  
Crystal Systems: monoclinic
Oldest Known Age: 2816 Million Years Ago
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