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Baryte

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Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Nandan County, Hechi, Guangxi, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 4.8 × 4.8 cm
Description

A large, blocky crystals of yellow-tan barite crystals. The barites are translucent with an intense honey yellow color and show internal growth phantoms. The surfaces are high-gloss with different striped structures, some of which are also curved.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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