BARYTE on DOLOMITE

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An excellent small cabinet specimen of Baryte from an unknown mine in the iron mining district around Frizington in west Cumbria, England. The Baryte forms an open, intergrown grou p of classic, broad, chisel terminated tabular crystals measuring to 3.7 cm , tinted pale greenish-blue and grading from translucent to gemmy at the terminations. All crystals have a glassy to waxy lustre. The Baryte has formed on creamy plates of Dolomite with minor reddish pink Hematite. A great specimen of Baryte from the Frizington area. Show more