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Sphärosiderite & Baryte

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Sphärosiderite & Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
16 × 14.5 × 6.5 cm
Description

Botryoidal sphärosiderite mixed with a little platy baryte.
Partly encrusted with a second generation of siderite microcrystals(I guess?). I haven't had a large sphärosiderite like this in my hands before.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphärosiderite

Variety Of: 

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Hardness: 
0.0

Baryte

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

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