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Witherite & Calcite

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Witherite & Calcite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Lunehead Mine, Lunedale, County Durham, United Kingdom
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 5 × 4 cm
Weight: 
114.00gr
Description

Matrix rich in witherite, calcite and baryte. Under short wave UV light the specimen produces an attractive effect with fluorescent yellow witherite and orange calcite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Witherite

Formula: 
BaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Brownley Hill Mine (Bloomsberry Horse Level), Nenthead, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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