An unusual specimen of mustard yellow orpiment encasing realgar crystals, over quartz.

This mine has been producing specimens for about 7 years now, and examples were always plentiful in Peru.  Unfortunately, no new material has been found in the last several months, and the locals are saying that the find has probably been exhausted.

This mine was officially closed sometime in the 90's, though the last several years of specimen production have been the work of small scale work conducted exclusively for specimens. 

This locality and was featured in the March-April 2008 issue of the Mineralogical Record.