| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Mexico > Barite and Smithsonite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 78509 |
| Mineral: | Barite and Smithsonite |
| Locality: | Sunshine Adit, Blanchard Mine, Hansonburg District, 8.5 km south of Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico |
| Description: | Many intersecting lustrous translucent tan-to-white bladed barite crystals to 10 mm with overgrowth of lustrous rhombohedral transparent tan-colored smithsonite crystals to 1 mm with unidentified black microcrystals and red-brown matrix remnants. Collected ca. 1970 |
| Overall Size: | 25x25x20 mm |
| Crystals: | micro to 10 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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