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Baryte On Fluorite

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Baryte On Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Justice Level, Langthwaite, Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Description

Sharp barite spears up to 1.4 cm on a 1.5 cm (on an edge) yellowish fluorite crystal. This specimen is from the 'Justice Prime Pocket' and was collected in July 2007.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic
Peter Crozier Minerals