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Baryte On Calcite

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Baryte On Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Elk Creek, Meade County, South Dakota, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 8 × 5 cm
Description

Gemmy and honey brown, perfect terminated baryte crystals on a bed of yellow calcite crystals.

Very attractive old specimen from Armin Wendland collection.
 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White