Barite

  
Origin: Middle Horizon, Sherman Tunnel, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, U.S.A.
Sample size: 5.5 x 3.5 x 1 cm
 

  

Large single terminated creamy slightly translucent to opaque barite crystal. Slightly brownish red due to hematite. Minor micro pyrite crystals.
Origin: Niobec mine, Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada
Sample size: 5.5 x 2.5 x 8 cm
 
  
Barite on calcite
Origin: Meikle mine, Bootstrap mining district, Elko County, Nevada, U.S.A.
Sample size: 19 x 9 x 12 cm
 
  
  
Origin: Burglkopf, near Fieberbrunn, Tyrol, Austria
Sample size: 4.5 x 6 x 10.5 cm
 
  
Barite on fluorite
Origin: Rock Candy mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
Sample size: 3.5 x 1.2 x 2.6 cm
 
 
  
Origin: Book Cliffs, Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado, U.S.A.
Sample size: 19 x 22 x 32 mm (top), 22 x 38 x 27 mm (2nd/bottom row)
 
  
  
Fluorite on barite
Origin: Elmwood Mine, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith Co., Tennessee, U.S.A.
Ex. Steve Neely collection
Sample size: 8 x 7.5 x 7.6 cm
 

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Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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