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| BCN1046 | |||||
| Orpiment | |||||
| Jiepaiyu Mine (Shimen Mine), Shimen As-(Au) deposit, Shimen Co., Changde Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |||||
| Miniature | 3x2x1.5cm | 11g | |||
| Greenish to brownish-yellow, chisel-shaped xls to 1cm on a matrix of greenish microcrystalline orpiment. | |||||
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| CCN0436 | |||||
| Realgar with Pararealgar | |||||
| Jiepaiyu Mine (Shimen Mine), Shimen As-(Au) deposit, Shimen Co., Changde Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |||||
| Small Cabinet | 6.5x5x2cm | 104g | |||
| Microcrystalline Realgar/Pararealgar. The shape looks like a stalagtite, but the explanation is a very different one: The material had been heated naturally at some point and had started to flow before recrystallization. | |||||
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| CCN0793 | |||||
| Orpiment with Calcite | |||||
| Jiepaiyu Mine (Shimen Mine), Shimen As-(Au) deposit, Shimen Co., Changde Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |||||
| Small Cabinet | 6.5x3.5x3cm | 80g | |||
| Golden yellow, partially transparent (!) and above all well terminated xls of orpiment to 1.5cm in association with clear calcite xls. From one of the two best locations worldwide for orpiment xls. | |||||
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| CCN0899 | |||||
| Orpiment with Calcite, Realgar and others! | |||||
| Jiepaiyu Mine (Shimen Mine), Shimen As-(Au) deposit, Shimen Co., Changde Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |||||
| Small Cabinet | 6x4x4cm | 212g | |||
| Colorful matrix specimen with orpiment xls, fresh realgar and probably other arsenic minerals in white calcite. Uncommon association from a famous locality. | |||||
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| CCN0897 | |||||
| Calcite, Realgar | |||||
| Jiepaiyu Mine (Shimen Mine), Shimen As-(Au) deposit, Shimen Co., Changde Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |||||
| Small Cabinet | 7.5x6.5x6cm | 201g | |||
| Highly lustrous, sharp, widely transparent scalenohedron of 8.5cm and smaller xls of the same quality. Zonar, bright red inclusions of minute, well developed realgar xls that appear double due to the double refraction. The yellow color of the calcite is caused by orpiment inclusions. Grey matrix. | |||||
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| CCN0898 | |||||
| Calcite | |||||
| Jiepaiyu Mine (Shimen Mine), Shimen As-(Au) deposit, Shimen Co., Changde Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |||||
| Small Cabinet | 9x6.5x5.5cm | 200g | |||
| Highly lustrous, sharp, widely transparent scalenohedral twin of 8.8cm and smaller xls of the same quality, some with realgar inclusions. Intact tips. The yellow color is caused by orpiment inclusions. Good contrast with light grey matrix. | |||||
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| DCN0896 | |||||
| Calcite, Realgar | |||||
| Jiepaiyu Mine (Shimen Mine), Shimen As-(Au) deposit, Shimen Co., Changde Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |||||
| Cabinet | 10x5x4cm | 394g | |||
| Highly lustrous, sharp, widely transparent and double terminated scalenohedron and smaller xls of the same quality. Zonar, red inclusions of minute, well developed realgar xls (see photos). The yellow color of the calcite is caused by orpiment inclusions. Some grey matrix. | |||||
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| CCN0901 | |||||
| Realgar, Picropharmacolite, Calcite | |||||
| Jiepaiyu Mine (Shimen Mine), Shimen As-(Au) deposit, Shimen Co., Changde Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |||||
| Small Cabinet | 5x3x3cm | 70g | |||
| Sharp calcite x with an overgrowth of deep red, well crystallized realgar on one face and little picropharmacolite. What may appear in the (over-exposed) picture like damages are either reflections, growth irregularities or picropharmacolite clusters. Striking appearance. | |||||
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| DCN0789 | |||||
| Calcite | |||||
| Jiepaiyu Mine (Shimen Mine), Shimen As-(Au) deposit, Shimen Co., Changde Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |||||
| Cabinet | 13x9.5x8cm | 590g | |||
| Light yellow from orpiment inclusions, cloudy with transparent tip. Undamaged except for 1mm cleavages on some tips (see picture). | |||||
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| BCN0828 | |||||
| Realgar, Picropharmacolite | |||||
| Jiepaiyu Mine (Shimen Mine), Shimen As-(Au) deposit, Shimen Co., Changde Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |||||
| Miniature | 3x2.7x1.3cm | 12g | |||
| Exceptional realgar cluster. Largest individual x measures 2x1.3cm! Transparent with some cloudy areas. Pure realgar except for some powdery picropharmacolite growing at the underside. Unaltered, the only imperfections are the front of the base (see picture) and a 1mm piece chipped off from a back corner of the large x. | |||||
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| DCN0895 | |||||
| Calcite | |||||
| Jiepaiyu Mine (Shimen Mine), Shimen As-(Au) deposit, Shimen Co., Changde Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |||||
| Cabinet | 16x9x9cm | 864g | |||
| Highly lustrous, sharp scalenohedral xls to 8.5cm, with very good color and transparency even by Shimen standards. The large yellow xls grow on a bed of smaller calcite xls of the same luster and sharpness that are whitish opaque with dark red realgar inclusions. Some of the x edges are naturally serrated. The yellow color is caused by orpiment inclusions. Good contrast with the light grey matrix. | |||||
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| DCN0230 | |||||
| Orpiment with Realgar | |||||
| Jiepaiyu Mine (Shimen Mine), Shimen As-(Au) deposit, Shimen Co., Changde Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |||||
| Cabinet | 10x9x7cm | 1280g | |||
| Cavity lined with terminated, several cm long orpiment xls! Exceptional for size and crystallization. The specimen is almost entirely composed of orpiment and realgar. Unaltered. | |||||
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