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Baryte On Chalcedony With Quartz

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Baryte On Chalcedony With Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Pöhla-Tellerhäuser Mine, Schwarzenberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 8.7 × 7.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
5.70cm
Weight: 
607.00gr
Description

Outstanding gem baryte specimen from this famous Saxon locality. Displays beautiful cluster of sharp brown colored crystals on extremely rare chalcedony matrix ! associated with small quartz cluster. The color is simply amazing – golden amber, very saturated and striking. The baryte crystals are very sharp and well shaped, extremely lustrous, completely transparent and gem. In very good condition – some small nicks and outside edges contacts.

Worldclass specimen in museum quality

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

Chalcedony

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kadıköy (Chalcedon), Istanbul Province, Marmara Region, Turkey

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
Piatek Minerals

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