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Baryte & Realgar

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Baryte & Realgar

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Description
Locality: 
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 4.7 × 4.1 cm
Description

A wonderful and very tri-dimensional assemble of well developed, glossy Baryte crystals. They show fiery red color, which is caused by Realgar inclusions. Realgar is light sensitive - so pure Realgar will turn to dust, included to Baryte it is stabil and there are only two localities world-wide which produce this inclusions. This is really unique material from this famous defunct locality. 

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