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Kaolinite Baryte Covellite & Pyrite

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Kaolinite Baryte Covellite & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Walton Barite Mine, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.7 × 1.1 cm
Description

Clusters of lustrous greyish kaolinite blades with tabular baryte crystals and minor covellite and pyrite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kaolinite

Formula: 
Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Gaoling Mine (Kauling Mine), Gaoling village, Ehu town, Fuliang Co., Jingdezhen Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China

Baryte

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

Covellite

Formula: 
CuS
Strunz: 
2.CA.05a
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5