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Baryte & Hematite Inclusions

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Baryte & Hematite Inclusions

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Description
Locality: 
Lahonry Quarry, Lompret, Chimay, Hainaut, Belgium
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4.3 × 3.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Description

Group of tabular barite crystals showing well defined faces and edges, good transparency and excellent brilliance. Its color takes on a greenish gray shades due to inclusions. Observed under the microscope, you could see the presence of reddish acicular inclusions of hematite. This sample was published in the Mineralogical Record (Vol. 45, No. 1) as a novelty in the Munich Mineral Show 2013.

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