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Baryte & Fluorite

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Baryte & Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Sierra County, New Mexico, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5.5 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.90cm
Description

A nice specimen of black barite on a brecciated purple fluorite matrix. Outstanding zoning in the barite and great luster on most of the crystals. The barite is embedded in a quartz drusy which covers one side of the fluorite. A few small purple cubes of fluorite with darker zoning formed in a small pocket in the matrix. Some natural breaks in the stacked barite and around the edges. Larger images at www.mineralbrothers.com/index.php/?option=com_virtuemart&view=category&virtuemart_category_id=52

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

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
Mineral Brothers

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