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Baryte & Calcite

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Baryte & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Taffs Well Quarry, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 1 cm
Description

Polished specimen of barite and calcite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

Calcite

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