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Baryte With Malachite

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Baryte With Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Limenaria, Thasos Island, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

A very nice specimen of nearly transparent barite crystal together with acicular malachite crystals.Also aragonite is present as a thin white layer partly covering the barite crystal. This kind of specimens are very hard to find and almost impossible to come out undamaged.This one has a small cleavage break at the lower part of the barite crystal.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0