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Baryte

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Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Sterling Mine, Stoneham, Weld County, Colorado, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 3.2 × 1.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
6.30cm
Description

A fine cluster of lustrous and translucent, blue baryte crystals in parallel growth from the 1980s finds at the Sterling Mine at Stoneham, Colorado. The crystals have classic chisel terminations. Ex Hoffmann collection, Germany

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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