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Baryte & Mimetite

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Baryte & Mimetite

Ex coll. Erhard Rawohl, Hildesheim

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Description
Locality: 
Chah Milleh Mine, Anarak District, Nain County, Isfahan Province, Iran
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.5 × 2.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.00cm
Description

Group of translucent pale yellow-green baryte crystals and yelow mimetite.

The thin, undamaged,edges of the baryte crystals look like white sugared

 

Beautiful specimen from the collection Erhard Rawohl, Hildesheim.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

Mimetite

Formula: 
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Treue Freundschaft Mine, Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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