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Baryte With Siderite

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Baryte With Siderite

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Description
Locality: 
Bouismas Mine, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 3.6 × 3.5 cm
Weight: 
33.00gr
Description

Very nice parallel growth of tabular crystals of Baryte up to 10 mm with well defined faces and edges, transparent, very bright, color less on Marcasite matrix. This sample is part of the very first large lot of minerals extracted from this mine and put on the market (April 2013).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White