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Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Tiny-Arenas Mine, Oridda, Fluminimaggiore, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
4.00cm
Weight: 
32.00gr
Description

Nice sample of baryte crystals up to 40 mm with a very particular dark brown color due to the covering of iron oxides

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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