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Baryte

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Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
La Mure, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
15 × 9.1 × 8.5 cm
Description

The barite crystals show fine clarity in the center with a sharp snowy white raming along all edges. Material from the locality is hard to obtain and very rare. The specimen is very rich, covered with large crystals up to 36mm across. Quality is really fine, nearly all crystals are glossy! No significent damages to report, accept the specimen was extracted from the rock.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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