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Baryte

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Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Schmalkalden, Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 6.3 × 2.5 cm
Description

Beautiful baryte specimen of sharp and tabular crystals on matrix.

Very old specimen, acquired in the 1960s by Franz Bauer, Munich

With original Franz Bauer label.

Mineral Data
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Baryte

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