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Baryte

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CAM515607

Baryte

With antique labels
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Marienberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 5.5 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

A very old specimen from the classic Marienberg mining district in Saxony with a rich coverage of white tabular baryte crystals up to 1 cm on a quartz and galena rich matrix.

Comes with to beautiful old labels, one from the Mineralogical Institute Stockholm, Sweden. Hence the name "Tungspath" Swedish for baryte on the labels.
 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

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