Barite

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

  

Barite on dolomite

Origin: Frizington, Cumberland, England

Sample size: 25 x 16 cm

 

  

Origin: Roata mine, Cavnic (Kapnik), Maramures, Romania

Sample size: 17 x 11 x 7 cm

 

  

Origin: Meikle mine, Elko Co., Nevada, U.S.A.

Sample size: 6.5 x 5 x 4 cm

 

  

 

  

Origin: Frizington, Cumberland, England

Sample size: 6 x 2 x 7.5 cm (top/2nd row), 10 x 10 x 5.5 cm (3rd/bottom row)

 

  

White barite pseudomorph after alstonite with lustrous black sphalerite

Origin: Lower Flats, Admiralty Flats, 2nd Sun Vein, Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Nent Valley, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, Cumbria (Cumberland), England, UK

Sample size: 5.8 x 5.5 x 3.3 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

Origin: Bicker's Quarry, Dargavill, New Zealand

Sample size: unknown

Sample owner: Steve Sorrell

 

Origin: Stanmore Bay, Whanaparaoa Peninsula, Auckland, New Zealand

Sample size: unknown

Sample owner and photo:  Evan Chugg

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Steve Sorrell

Crocoite.com

 

  

Barite pseudomorph after celestine on fluorite

Origin: Annabelle Lee Mine, Illinois, U.S.A.

Ex. Marty Zinn collection

Sample size: 5.3 x 5.8 x 4.8 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone