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Alstonite Baryte & Sphalerite

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Alstonite Baryte & Sphalerite

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Nenthead, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 5.2 × 3.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Description

A super locality specimen showing matrix with bright white baryte pseudomorphs of alstonite crystals to 0.8cm on a bed of deep red sphalerite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Alstonite

Formula: 
BaCa(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Brownley Hill Mine (Bloomsberry Horse Level), Nenthead, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK

Baryte

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

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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