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Baryte With Hematite Inclusions

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Baryte With Hematite Inclusions

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Description
Locality: 
Holzen, Arnsberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 7.3 × 1.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
7.50cm
Description

A large single crystal of baryte, nicely parketted. Zonar colored to a fine reddish hue by haematite inclusions. Just a minor ding at the backside of the tip.

Some manganese ore or limonite and siderite on backside.

Large crystals like this one are very rare from Germany.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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