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Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Northumberland Mine, Nye County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 4 × 2.8 cm
Description

Excellent baryte specimen from Nevada having sharp terminated and lustrous crystals with as even sharp and fantastically visible phantoms all threw the crystals. The lustre is also outstanding at the crystal faces. This mine has been operated intermittently since 1866 for silver, gold and barite.

Mineral Data
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Baryte

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