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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 55677 |
| Mineral: | Barite |
| Locality: | Silverband Mine, Dunn Fell, Westmorland, Cumbria, England |
| Description: | Large transparent-to-translucent gray barite crystals with beveled edge faces. The barite gray color is caused by microscopic inclusions of goethite. Note the old pen-and-ink price attached on one face. Collected ca. 1880 |
| Overall Size: | 8x7x3 cm |
| Crystals: | 5-70 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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