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Witherite & Baryte

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Witherite & Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 5 × 3 cm
Description

A cluster of well formed witherite crystals with a light coating of baryte.

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