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Baryte

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MGR622557

Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Sidi Lahcen, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 3.8 × 2.3 cm
Description

The specimen consists of gemmy, lustrous and sharp terminated crystals. They show attractive light blue color. When this material came on the market there was much quantity, but nearly all specimen showed significant damages and it was really a hard challenge to select a fist full of undamaged pieces out of hundreds of damaged ones. And this specimen is really in excellent condition damagewise! It is complete all around and it looks very fine all around! But the really special feature is the intergrwon red-brown matrix at the base, which gives superb contrast to the piece. One group of crystals grew vertical and it is duble terminated with endpoints at the top and at the bottom. The second group grew rectangular to the vertical group. The assemble is even more tri-dimensional in person! No significant damages to report.

Mineral Data
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Baryte

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