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Hematite Over Baryte

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Hematite Over Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, Karas Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 5.5 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Weight: 
224.00gr
Description

Baryte overgrown by a thin layer of hematite from Skorpion mine. See page 362 in the book " Namibia Minerals & Localities " by Ludi von Bezing, Rainer Bode & Steffen John.  Edition Kruger-Stiffung.

Because this mineral does not look that nice, very little of it was collected making it rare...This is a very fine specimen...

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0