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Witherite with Baryte and Alstonite
$6,000.00
€5,069
£4,370.00
approx.
This specimen is priced in US dollars, all other prices are approximate.
ID: CC8769
Two choice double terminated greyish-white crystals of Witherite are perched on a bed of small Alstonite crystals, from the alstonite joint type locality of Fallowfield mine at Acomb near Hexham in Northumberland. The smaller Witherite crystal measures 22 mm tip to tip; the larger crystal 33 mm, although the lower half of the double termination is not complete due to contact with the matrix. The semi-matt lustre of the Witherite crystals suggests they are coated with a very thin film of Baryte. All the Alstonite crystals are to about 2 mm across and are perfectly terminated. The matrix underside of the specimen consists of intergrown platy colourless Baryte. A super example of these two rare British barium carbonate minerals.
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Dimensions
9.0 × 7.4 × 4.5 cm
Categories
Carbonates
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Sulphates, Nitrates and Borates
Locality
Fallowfield Mine, Hexham, Northumberland, England, Europe
Minerals on Specimen
Minerals on specimen
Alstonite, Baryte, Witherite
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