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Baryte With Quartz & Sphalerite

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Baryte With Quartz & Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Pollone Mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.7 × 7.2 × 4.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Weight: 
245.00gr
Description

Choice group of hyalin quartz with pale yellow baryte from this classic Tuscan locale. Associated, some scattered specks of honey-brown sphalerite.

Rich and sizeable specimen from this renowned mine. Specimens of this kind are very rare nowadays. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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