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Baryte

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Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Olympic Dam Mine, Roxby Downs, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4.5 × 3.2 cm
Description

 This specimen was collected from Olympic Dam Mine, Roxby Downs, South Australia, Australia

A beautiful, handsized, barite crystal cluster with rich golden colour, nice translucency and with some hoppered growth on one side.

Barite is named after Greek "barys" - heavy, in allusion to its high specific gravity. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

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