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


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Realgar

Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
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Realgar

Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
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Realgar

Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
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Realgar

Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
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Realgar

Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
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Realgar

Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
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Realgar

Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
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Realgar

Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
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Realgar

Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
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Realgar

Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
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Realgar

Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
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Realgar

Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Realgar
Formula:As4S4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Baryte50
Pararealgar22
Stibnite16
Native Arsenic12
Quartz12
- var Milky Quartz1
Jamesonite10
Pyrite5
Limonite4
Calcite4
Galena2
Siderite1
Sphalerite1
Orpiment1
Dolomite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Realgar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
Photo GalleryView Gallery (53 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:70607
Long-form Identifier:1:3:70607:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Realgar in this Region
Minei Hill open pit, Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
Nearest other occurrences of Realgar
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘMinei Hill open pit, Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
2.7km (1.6 miles) ⓘNo. 5 Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
5.8km (3.6 miles) ⓘHerja Mine, Baia Mare, Maramureș County, Romania
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘȘurdești, Șurdești village, Șișești, Maramureș County, Romania
9.8km (6.1 miles) ⓘBoldut Mine, Cavnic, 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 (14.2 miles) ⓘConciu mine, Băiuț, Maramureș County, Romania
22.9km (14.3 miles) ⓘBreiner Mine (Brainer Mine; Breiner deposit), Băiuț, Maramureș County, Romania
24.8km (15.4 miles) ⓘRăzoare, Târgu Lăpuș, Maramureș County, Romania
References
Henkel, Manfred M. (1999) Rumänien: Sensationeller Realgarfund im Mai '89 [Romania: Sensational realgar find in May '89]. Mineralien-Welt, 10 (5). 6-7
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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