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Baryte With Aragonite

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Baryte With Aragonite

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Description
Locality: 
Limenaria, Thasos Island, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 4 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.30cm
Description

A semi-transparent barite crystals with minor white aragonite.

Crystals have a light yellowish colour because of a very thin iron oxide film on their surface. It can be removed.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

Aragonite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Gallo river, Molina de Aragón, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

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