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Witherite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
St Andreasberg, Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 8.4 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

Rich aggregates of white lustrous elongated witherite crystals up to 3 mm across on matrix from the classic locality Sankt Andreasberg, Harz Mountains, Germany. The crystals show no visible damage. A really nice piece from a classic locality.

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

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