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Baryte

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Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
NChwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.4 × 7.5 × 6 cm
Weight: 
438.37gr
Description

Colourless to white to grey, platy and etched barite crystals associated with some minor andradite garnet and hausmannite. Due to the habit, the contact marks where it was attached is not obvious at all. A Baryte of this size from the Kalahari Manganese Fields can be considered as rare. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

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