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Calcite Psm Witherite

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Calcite Psm Witherite

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Description
Locality: 
County Durham, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 5 × 2 cm
Description

A rare locality specimen showing matrix with one face having a dense coverage of tabular witherite crystals pseudomorphed by small calcite crystals. Under short wave UV light the calcite crystals produce a strong orange colour.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Witherite

Formula: 
BaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Brownley Hill Mine (Bloomsberry Horse Level), Nenthead, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK

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