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Witherite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 5 × 4.7 cm
Description

A cluster of colourless witherite crystals

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