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Baryte

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Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Banská Štiavnica, Banská Štiavnica County, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.3 × 9.2 × 3.3 cm
Description

This is very rare material - baryte is rare for Schemnitz in general and even more rare in this dimension! The crystals show a very attractive orange layer with dark grey framing along the edges. Looks fine in various angles and represents a very uncommon piece from this famous classic locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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