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Baryte & Stibnite

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Baryte & Stibnite

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Description
Locality: 
Cavnic Mine, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.1 × 5.9 × 5.8 cm
Description

Barite consists of large intergrown crystals, which are covered by a second generation of tiny white barite crystals. Between the crystals you can see lustrous sprays of stibnite. This is a quite uncommon specimen! The assemble is much more tridimensional in person and looks much better in person. No significant 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

Stibnite

Formula: 
Sb2S3
Strunz: 
2.DB.05
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
Lead grey