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Baryte & Calcite

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Baryte & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Elk Creek, Meade County, South Dakota, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 8 × 6.3 cm
Weight: 
578.00gr
Description

Really nice specimen of the famous dark honey brown baryte crystals associated with yellowish calcite on matrix in geodes of the concretions in the Pierre Shale. Nice LW UV response of the calcite (probably organic matter involved, as the baryte also seems to react).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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Best regards Roger