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Baryte & Dolomite

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Baryte & Dolomite

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Description
Locality: 
Cleator Moor Mines, Cleator Moor, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.9 × 4.8 × 3.5 cm
Weight: 
51.00gr
Description

Super classic and highly sought after are these specimens from the old mines around Cleator Moor. This is a light blue coloured baryte crystal cluster of vitreous lustre, some coloured red by inclusion of hematite, associated to curved yellow dolomite crystals.

Acquired in 1987 to Sam Weller by Wilfred Moorer (1945-2015), #3420.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

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

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White

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