Getchellite with Orpiment and Stibnite - Getchell Mine, USA - 10,0 x 9,0 x 6,0 cm

Mineral: Getchellite with Orpiment and Stibnite
Locality: Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Dimensions: 10,0 x 9,0 x 6,0 cm

Description: Main crystal size : 1,2 cm Geode of massive stibnite hosting perfect and transparent blood red crystals of getchellite and a small tuft of orpiment. It is this geodic growth, uncommon for the species, which has allowed the development of large and perfect crystals for a species that is usually found as cleaved masses. MIM number 1708 Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu)