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Baryte & Quartz

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Baryte & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Cavnic Mine, Maramureș County, Romania
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13.1 × 7.2 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.50cm
Description

All the barite on the specimen has been overgrown by quartz. Some small pyrite.

Original Label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

Quartz

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