AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Iowa > Barite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 75831 |
Mineral: | Barite |
Locality: | Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott County, Iowa |
Description: | Complex cluster of intersecting lustrous transparent yellow-gray barite crystals with opaque gray surfaces on the rear where they were attached to the surrounding limestone. The barite crystals have yellow-metallic pyrite microcrystal inclusions. Collected in 2011-2012 |
Overall Size: | 7.5x6x1.5 cm |
Crystals: | 10-55 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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