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Sphalerite & Barytocalcite

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Sphalerite & Barytocalcite

Collected by John & Robert Lawson - Nov 2007
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Description
Locality: 
Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.6 × 4.2 × 3 cm
Weight: 
75.00gr
Description

Matrix with a cavity lined with a nice combination of golden brown sphalerite crystals and light brown barytocalcite crystals. The sphalerite crystals have a partial coating of white calcite. LC

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphalerite

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

Barytocalcite

Formula: 
BaCa(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.45
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Blagill Mine, Nent Valley, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK

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