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Baryte & Quartz

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Baryte & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Berbes, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 6.6 × 2.4 cm
Description

A group of sharp terminated, snowy white blades of baryte set on thinmmatrix and in combination with lustrous quartz crystals between the baryte crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White