| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Orpiment |
| Formula: | As2S3 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Realgar | ⓘ2 photos of Orpiment associated with Realgar at this locality. |
| Kaolinite | ⓘ1 photo of Orpiment associated with Kaolinite at this locality. |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Orpiment data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Monte Sughereto Quarry, Sasso di Furbara (Sasso), Cerveteri, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (2 photos) |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1461358 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1461358:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 529b275e-ef4d-4122-b625-1122ccf40588 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Orpiment |
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| 5.0km (3.1 miles) | ⓘFosso della Legarella, Santa Severa Nord, Tolfa, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy |
| 61.6km (38.3 miles) | ⓘTafone Mine, Manciano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 85.0km (52.8 miles) | ⓘMorone Mine (Selvena Mine), Castell'Azzara, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 96.8km (60.1 miles) | ⓘBagnore Mine (Le Bagnore Mine), Santa Fiora, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy |
| 97.2km (60.4 miles) | ⓘAbbadia San Salvatore Mine, Abbadia San Salvatore, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy |
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 | Bonazzi, P., Menchetti, S., Pratesi, G., Muniz-Miranda, M., Sbrana, G. (1996) Light-induced variations in realgar and beta -As4S4; X-ray diffraction and Raman studies. American Mineralogist, 81 (7) 874-880 doi:10.2138/am-1996-7-810 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 'Dipartimento di Scienzedella Terra, Universiti di Firenze, via La Pira 4,50121 Florence, Italy '?Dipartimento...Dipartimento di Chimica, Universiti di Firenze, via G. Capponi 9, 50121 Florence, Italy 3CentroComposti Eterociclici...Eterociclici C.N.R., via G. Capponi9, 5012I Florence, Italy Ansrucr Transformations induced by light in realgar...filtered light). The powder pattern of the 1 phase is fairly similar to that of B-AsoSobut differs from realgar...realgar, and it can be indexed on the basis of an expanded B-phaseunit cell. Lattice parametersare as follows: |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | powder diffraction study of the kinetics of the light induced alteration of realgar ( [ -As4S4) PAOLO...Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, P.le A. Moro 5, I-00185 Roma, Italy *Corresponding...powder diffraction study of the kinetics of the light induced alteration of realgar (As4S4) has been...products of the process are pararealgar (different As4S4 polymorph) and arsenolite (As2O3). Because of the...the evolution of SOx is hypothesized. In fact there are no evidences of the presence of amorphous As-S |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pages 1320–1329, 2012 Thermal behavior of realgar As4S4, and of arsenolite As2O3 and non-stoichiometric...Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 5, I-00185 Roma, Italy Abstract...high-temperature X‑ray powder diffraction study of the thermal behavior of realgar (α-As4S4) has been carried out...578 K and is completed at 588 K. Thermal expansion of realgar is significant and fairly isotropic. In fact...The geometry of the As4S4 molecule is largely independent from heating. The lengthening of a few As-S and |
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Monte Sughereto Quarry, Sasso di Furbara, Cerveteri, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy