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Baryte

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Baryte

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Locality: 
Les Cèdres Mine, Saint-Laurent-Le-Minier, Gard, Occitanie, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.9 × 4.6 × 4.1 cm
Description

This is one really famous French classic. The locality also produced Azurite, Calcite, Tetrahedrite and pretty good Bornounite specimen, but only for Baryte it became famous. You cannot compare with common white Baryte roses from Spain or US - these roses are really white, there is no touch of color and they always consist of micro crystals, which are all lustrous - these spheres are completely sparkling. The matrix is completely covered with also lustrous tiny Sphalerite crystals - they expose a dark red-brown color under artificial light - the contrast is wonderful. I always loved this material, but quantity is not really high and overall I had only about 5 to 10 specimen over the years and this one is a really fine one.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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