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Quartz & Hematite Psm Baryte

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Quartz & Hematite Psm Baryte

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Königshofen, Taunus, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 6.2 × 4 cm
Description

Occasionally I come across something so new, I'm absolurely astounded. I grew up in the Taunus mountains region, but so far had never seen something like this before. A very unique, cut and polished spesimen of a pseudomorph of hematite and quartz after baryte - from a very unusual place.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Baryte

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

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