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Calcite On Baryte

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Calcite On Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Taffs Well Quarry, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4 × 2.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Weight: 
45.00gr
Description

An attractive specimen of clean pinkish baryte as separate blades to 1.4cm, mostly covered in clear lenticular calcites, the baryte sits on a matrix also partly covered by clear calcites. A bright and colourful specimen, no damage.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Baryte

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

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