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Witherite

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Description
Locality: 
Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 3 × 2.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.40cm
Description

Some scratches on this massive witherite crystal specimen. Still a nice sample.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Witherite

Formula: 
BaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Brownley Hill Mine (Bloomsberry Horse Level), Nenthead, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK

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