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Baryte & Calcite

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RBR166934

Baryte & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Cerro Warihuyn, Miraflores, Huamalíes Province, Huánuco Department, Peru
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Description

I hope to show you something better than most barites from Warihuyn. This one shows a perfect terminated, lustrouse and clear barite surrounded by tiny calcite-crystals. The barite has some very interesting inclusions/structures and you can see the calcite on the other side when you look through it. No damage.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White