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Baryte & Quartz

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Baryte & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Jinkouhe District, Leshan, Sichuan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 1.6 × 1.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.80cm
Description

This interesting specimen is a clear quartz crystals with a barite rhomb attached to it's termination.

The quartz is perfectly clear but with a broken end where it has been removed from it's matrix; the barite is translucent with a textured surface.

Very unusual.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
Crystal Vine

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