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Baryte

Shaft 277

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Description
Locality: 
Zobes, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 4.4 × 2.1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.10cm
Description

An uncommon locality piece of parallel growth, tabular, lustrous and translucent, brown coloured baryte crystals richly covering the matrix. The crystals are partially covered by lustrous golden pyrite and/or chalcopyrite. Very good and rare locality piece, collected in 1959 at Shaft 277 at Zobes.

Ex. Chris Deroo collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

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