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Baryte Limonite & Calcite

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RBR185037

Baryte Limonite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
16 × 8 × 7 cm
Description

The specimen shows two seperate suns of light blue barite on a dark matrix of limonite with some clear, lustrous calcite on top. In good condition damagewise and much better than most specimens offered from this location. I'm sure that this kind will become a future classic.

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

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