Barite

specimen number:
2063023

location:
Villamassargia, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy

description:

An attractive grouping of amber colored lustrous translucent barite crystals with little attached matrix. In good condition all around. The specimen comes with a previous label from the collection of Ray DeMark.

Villamassargia, located in the historic Iglesiente mining district of South Sardinia, Italy, is famous for its rich geological heritage of Paleozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks heavily affected by hydrothermal mineralization. Mining in this area dates back to ancient Roman and medieval times, though intensive industrial extraction flourished in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly targeting lead, zinc, and barite deposits. Collectors and mineralogists value the region for producing excellent specimens of barite, which typically formed within hydrothermal veins and cavities, often occurring alongside galena and sphalerite in classic tabular crystal clusters.

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