Barite on Calcite over Fluorite from Moscona Mine, Solis, Villabona District, Asturias, Spain
Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 70742
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| Mineral: | Barite on Calcite over Fluorite
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| Locality: | Moscona Mine, Solis, Villabona District, Asturias, Spain |
| Description: | Sparkling cluster of lustrous transparent tabular barite crystals to 4 mm on lustrous transparent pale-yellow calcite crystals to 30 mm over yellow fluorite. The calcite crystals are complex form with depressed faces where barite inhibited growth. Collected ca. 1992 |
| Overall Size: | 8x5x5 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-30 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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