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Orpiment

Kevin Brown
Kevin Brown
Parker, TX
0 for sale·Member since 2026
Orpiment crystal cluster on black oxide matrix, 10.5 cm, from Cut 20, Twin Creeks mine, Humboldt County, Nevada. Collected by Ken Roberts for Collector's Edge Minerals circa 1999; ex Webb collection. Photo by László Kupi.

Product details

SpeciesOrpiment
SizeCabinet
Dimensions10.5 cm
Added on03/26/2026
LocalityUSA, Nevada, Twin Creeks Mine
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record The Kevin Brown Collection page 183

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
—Webb collectionNot disclosed

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