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Baryte On Rhodochrosite

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Baryte On Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.6 × 6.1 × 2.1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.80cm
Description

Flat specimen with dozens of sharp, transparent tabular crystals of baryte from Baia Sprie. It has a couple broken crystals at the edge but all the main crystals are in pristine condition. The matrix is formed by a crust of cream coloured botryoidal rhodochrosite of tiny lenticular crystals.

Acquired in 1990. Ex Bob Janssens #2084 (The label reads just “Tchecoslovakie”, but I’m told that this is likely from the Baia Sprie).

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

Rhodochrosite

Formula: 
MnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cavnic Mine (Kapnikbánya), Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramureș Co., Romania

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