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Baryte & Sand Inclusions Psm Fossil Shell

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Baryte & Sand Inclusions Psm Fossil Shell

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Steinhardt, Bad Sobernheim, Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 4.6 × 2.5 cm
Description

Fossil Shell, filled and replaced by baryte with sand inclusions.

Tertiary. About 38 million years old. Species: probably glossus or arctica. Found about 40 years ago.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

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