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Calcite & Baryte

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Calcite & Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
High Atlas Mountains, High Atlas, Morocco
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
20 × 10 × 9 cm
Description

Clusters of lustrous calcite scalenohedrons with brown phantoms and clear terminations on baryte blades

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Baryte

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