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Baryte On Fluorite

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FRN94610

Baryte On Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Dayu County, Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.1 × 10.2 × 3.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Description

Gemmy amber blocky lustrous crystals of barite up to 0.9 cm are scattered over a fluorite matrix.

The crystals of fluorite matrix are mostly green with purple zones near the edges.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic
Oriental Minerals