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Baryte & Magnesite

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Baryte & Magnesite

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Description
Locality: 
Hochfilzen, Kitzbühel Alps, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.5 × 8.5 × 2.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Description

A very rich piece. The brownish matrix is covered with small transparente magnesite and an overgrowth of white, sharpedged barite crystals.

Found in the early 1970s.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

Magnesite

Formula: 
MgCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Magnisía Prefecture (Magnesia), Thessalia Department (Thessaly), Greece
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