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Baryte On Calcite

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Baryte On Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Calcite Quarry, Holzen, Arnsberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.6 × 1.5 cm
Weight: 
4.00gr
Description

One perfect, transparent to translucent barite crystals on calcite matrix. The barite shows a ligth smoky brown color. The calcite are well terminated and shows a high lustrous.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White