Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Picture of the Day - My Botryoidal Orpiment

This is the latest addition to my collection - botryoidal orpiment with barite recently purchased at Quartzsite for one-third its $92 price tag... my splurge for 2012.
This specimen comes from Paloma Mine, Castrovirreina Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru.

Photos by Kim Patrick Noyes (all rights reserved)

1 comment:

  1. You know if you buy rocks with simpler names they cost less :-)

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