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Baryte Psm Anhydrite

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Baryte Psm Anhydrite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Unterwirbach, Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.7 × 4.3 × 3 cm
Description

This is an uncommon rarity from Germany. Allomorphite, which is baryte pseudomorph after anhydrite from Unterwirbach, Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany. Comes with an early 20th century label giving the next bigger city "Bad Blankenburg".

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

Anhydrite

Formula: 
CaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Salt mine, Hall valley, Hall, Innsbruck, Inn valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria