BSU23 Jeromite on Quartz
Kami Mine, Ayopaya Prov., Cochabamba Dept., Bolivia
2.9x 1.5x 1.0 cm
$135

A rare specimen of the arsenic-sulfide glass jeromite, coating quartz.  Jeromite is a rare mineral related to realgar, but its lattice lacks the long range order of crystalline realgar.

 

Good examples are nearly impossible to obtain, and these specimens from the Kami Mine are particularly suited to collections, as the quartz crystal gives them some shape.








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