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Baryte & Pyrite

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Baryte & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Marienschacht Mine, Wölsendorf, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 4.4 × 7.2 cm
Description

A very fine and aesthetic assemble of well edveloped, sharp roses of red baryte. The assemble is more tridimensional as you can see on my photography. Tiny sparkling pyrite crystals are scattered all over.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5