AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Slovakia > Quartz, Calcite, Barite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 75839 |
Mineral: | Quartz, Calcite, Barite |
Locality: | (Schemnitz), Banská Stiavnica, Slovakia |
Description: | Lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystals to 7 mm with iron-oxide coating giving them a yellow citrine color, intermixed with rhombic transparent brown calcite crystals to 1 mm and platy brown barite crystals to 7 mm. Ex. Frank W. Hess (1871-1955) collection #577 (noted author, USGS geologist, rare mineral curator at Smithsonian); ex. Ron Bentley (1948-1995) |
Overall Size: | 6.5x5.5x3.5 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 7mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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