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Baryte With Galena & Calcite

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RBR82525

Baryte With Galena & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Stefanie Mine, Bad Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austria
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4 × 3 cm
Description

The specimen is out of the famous “Stefanie”-Mine. A very aesthetic combination of glossy calcite on galena with metallic luster, snowy white barite attached.

Rare stuff from the defunct locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey

Calcite

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

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