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Barite with Rhodochrosite from Cerro Warihuyn, Huanuco Department, Peru

 
Barite with Rhodochrosite from Cerro Warihuyn, Huanuco Department, Peru

Barite with Rhodochrosite from Cerro Warihuyn, Huanuco Department, Peru

Barite with Rhodochrosite from Cerro Warihuyn, Huanuco Department, Peru

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Barite with Rhodochrosite from Cerro Warihuyn, Huanuco Department, Peru

DESCRIPTION:No. 37412
Mineral:Barite with Rhodochrosite
Locality:Cerro Warihuyn, Huanuco Department, Peru
Description:Large cluster of lustrous transparent gray barite crystals to 13 mm on matrix coated with pink-brown bladed rhodochrosite crystals to 4 mm. The barite crystals fluoresce under UV illumination.
Overall Size:15x11x8 cm
Crystals:1-13 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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