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Baryte

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Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Rottleberode, Harz, Saxony - Anhalt, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 8 × 5 cm
Description

Beautiful old specimen of honey brown, gemmy and very lustrous microcrystals of baryte as globular aggregates and sparkling groups all over the specimen.

Very good and unusual specimen from Armin Wendland collection - acquired 1987

Mineral Data
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Baryte

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