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Baryte With Boulangerite

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Baryte With Boulangerite

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Description
Locality: 
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Mare, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 3.5 × 1.4 cm
Description

Baryte crystal with high gloss and finely structured surfaces. The crystal is almost colorless transparent and gray colored by felted dark gray boulangerite sprays. The main crystal measures over 3.7 cm. Free standing dark gray boulangerite sprays are also grown on the barite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

Boulangerite

Formula: 
Pb5Sb4S11
Strunz: 
2.HC.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Colour: 
Lead grey
Streak: 
Brownish
Type Locality: 
Molières, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France