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Witherite & Baryte

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Witherite & Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Scaleburn Firestone Level Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 2 cm
Weight: 
34.00gr
Description

A beautiful locality example of witherite crystals displaying an overgrowth of small white baryte crystals in association with massive calcite. Under short wave UV light the baryte/ witherite produces a bright white colour and the calcite a pastel pink colour. k6

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Baryte

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

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