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Witherite

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Description
Locality: 
Settlingstones Mine, Newbrough, Northumberland, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5.5 × 3 cm
Weight: 
285.00gr
Description

An aggregate of pale yellow witherite from Settlingstones Mine.

Ex collection Dr. Siegmar Tyroff, Frankfurt, Germany (pre 1968).

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

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