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Baryte

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Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Niobec Mine, Saint-Honoré, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.3 × 6 × 3 cm
Description

A very rare barite from Niobec mine in Quebec, really a very uncommon locality. The crystal is sharp terminated, opac and faces show satiny luster. You can also see some tiny pyrite crystals, scattred on one side of the crystal. On the others side pyrite is present in micro crystals, intergrwon inside the crystal. Old label from 1982 is included.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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