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Baryte & Siderite

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Baryte & Siderite

ex collection Erwin Anger, Röslau
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Megalo Livadi, Serifos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 6 × 5.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.40cm
Description

A very beautiful, displayable specimen. Free-standing, white, bladed crystals of impressive size (for the locality) on dark brown siderite crystal matrix. The baryte crystals (up to 3.4 cm) are almost perfect. A very rare find from 1991.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

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