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Witherite

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Witherite

Collected by John & Robert Lawson
Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Flushiemere Mine, Teesdale, County Durham, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.2 × 1.6 cm
Weight: 
25.00gr
Description

Witherite crystals on matrix from an uncommon north of England locality. Under short wave UV light the crystals produce a bright blue/white colour with mild phosphorescence. LC

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

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