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Baryte With Realgar Inclusions

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Baryte With Realgar Inclusions

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Description
Locality: 
Mine #5, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 3.8 × 3.3 cm
Description

One of the most exciting specimen from this find I ever saw in this dimension. The red baryte from this find are famous and unique. The vivid red color is caused by realgar inclusions. The thin crystals are all lustrous and show a fantastic contrast to dark, nearly black matrix. They are resting only at the top of the matrix, rotated to the side the specimen looks like a rose, but it is beautiful in each angle! No significant damages to report.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

Realgar

Formula: 
As4S4
Strunz: 
2.FA.15a
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0