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Baryte On Manganoan Calcite

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Baryte On Manganoan Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Zinc Corporation Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
3 × 17 × 9.2 cm
Description

From the 18 level of the Zinc Corporation Mine at Broken Hill, we have a large plate of manganocaolcite, coloured gray on the surface by manganese oxides included in the calcite, Also dusted with manganese oxides are numerous yellow peach pip barite rosettes that are richly scattered across the top of this specimen

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

Manganoan Calcite

Variety Of: 

Calcite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.0
Formula: 
(Ca,Mn)CO3
Hardness: 
0.0
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