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Fluorite & Baryte

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Fluorite & Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Galena King Mine, Coyote Canyon, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 4.2 × 2 cm
Description

Blue translucent fluorite cubes coated with tan-colored barite microcrystals. The barite microcrystals look beautiful under magnification: thin, bladed crystals. Very intense blue color. First, second, fourth, and fifth photo with LED backlit. No visible damage to report back side was from the rock.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Baryte

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