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Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Mine #18, Paleokamariza, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.7 × 3 × 2 cm
Description

Many Lavrion collectors are looking for this type of baryte. This olive green variety is very rare from the locality and is sought after. However, this piece is not just that. It is an ultra rare stalactite cluster of two stalactites that are entirely covered with baryte! A few pieces from that pocket came out this way and all ended up in private collections almost immediately. The stalactites were touching the pocket walls top and bottom but this is still a dramatic and extremely rare Lavrion baryte.

ex Konstantinos Papaspyropoulos 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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