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Baryte With Galena

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Baryte With Galena

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Description
Locality: 
Aouli, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.4 × 6.4 × 4.3 cm
Weight: 
405.00gr
Description

Cream coloured baryte blades, richly spotted by tiny lustrous chalcopyrite crystals, associated to grey galena cuboctahedral crystals, on a quartz matrix.

Acquired in 1996. Ex Gerard Vogel collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey

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