Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Baryte

Views:
Watches:
PDM712936

Baryte

Gem Crystal

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Jbel Aouam, El Hammam Caïdat, Khénifra Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 3.5 × 2.3 cm
Description

Aggregate of parallelly grown baryte crystals of nice vitreous lustre and good transparency. The crystal terminations present the characteristic overgrown ridge of a second baryte generation, an interesting characteristic of pieces extracted from the mines at Jbel Aouam in the 1980’s.

Acquired in 1988, it is the specimen #603 of Dr. Bob Janssens collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps