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Witherite

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Witherite

With Ross Whittaker label
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 6.2 × 5.5 cm
Weight: 
493.00gr
Description

A beautiful cluster of extremely large, deep yellow, pseudohexagonal witherite crystals which display an unusual etched/ partially dissolved surface. They also display a white surface coating/partial alteration to white baryte. A true North of England classic.

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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