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Witherite

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Witherite

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Description
Locality: 
Rosiclare District, Hardin County, Illinois, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.1 × 1.8 cm
Description

A single well developed freestanding witherite crystal on matrix.

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