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Orpiment from
Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania


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Orpiment

Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
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Orpiment, etc.

Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
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Orpiment, etc.

Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
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Orpiment, etc.

Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
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Orpiment

Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
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Orpiment, etc.

Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
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Orpiment, etc.

Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
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Orpiment, etc.

Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
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Orpiment

Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
09024670017272006795744.jpg
Orpiment, etc.

Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
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Orpiment, etc.

Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
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Orpiment, etc.

Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Orpiment
Formula:As2S3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz24
- var Chalcedony7
- var Milky Quartz2
Chalcopyrite7
Dolomite4
Realgar1
Pararealgar1
Calcite1
Baryte1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Orpiment data
Locality Data:Click here to view Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
Photo GalleryView Gallery (13 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:70606
Long-form Identifier:1:3:70606:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Orpiment
2.7km (1.6 miles) ⓘNo. 5 Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
11.0km (6.8 miles) ⓘCavnic Mine, Cavnic, Maramureș County, Romania
12.6km (7.8 miles) ⓘRoata Mine, Cavnic, Maramureș County, Romania
22.9km (14.3 miles) ⓘBreiner Mine (Brainer Mine; Breiner deposit), Băiuț, Maramureș County, Romania
26.1km (16.2 miles) ⓘCizma Mine (Cisma deposit), Poiana Botizii, Băiuț, Maramureș County, Romania
References
Grancea, Luminita, Bailly, Laurent, Leroy, Jacques, Banks, David, Marcoux, Eric, Milési, Jean, Cuney, Michel, André, Anne, Istvan, Dumitru, Fabre, Cécile (2002) Fluid evolution in the Baia Mare epithermal gold/polymetallic district, Inner Carpathians, Romania. Mineralium Deposita, 37 (6) 630-647 doi:10.1007/s00126-002-0276-5
 
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