Barite

specimen number:
1653092

location:
Settlingstones Mine, Northumberland, England, UK

description:
Lustrous colorless translucent crystals of barite to 1.2 cm in size covering the top of matrix. In good condition. This is fluorescent under longwave ultraviolet light. Nice for this classic British locality and species. A previous label from the D. P. Hardman collection comes with the piece. This label notes that the specimen was acquired from Lindsay Greenbank in March, 1970.

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