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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 23447 |
| Mineral: | Barite |
| Locality: | White Lead (Barite) Mines, Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey |
| Description: | Bladed, white barite crystals on massive quartz matrix, with scattered 1-2 mm quartz crystals throughout. This is an old specimen from the barite mines 2 miles SW of Hopewell that closed before 1896. |
| Overall Size: | 6x5x4 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-30 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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