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Fluorite Baryte & Calcite

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Fluorite Baryte & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Ladywash Mine, Eyam, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12 × 7 × 6 cm
Description

This auction is for a nice vintage Barytes, Fluorite and Calcite from the famous Ladywash mine, Eyam in Derbyshire. 

The specimen comprises on one side of a numerous translucent greyish/yellow fluorite cubes to 0.7cm on edge covering most of the surface. The other sideis covered with Baryte, both white and purple, on which sits a nice group of translucent calcite crystals. These are topped with cream calcite to 1.2cm. 

This is an old specimen dating to around 1900. 

A very nice and unusual display.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

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
Peter Crozier Minerals