Specimen #707
Name: Barite
Type: Mineral
Locality: Caput Aquas, Villamassargia, Sulcis area, Sardinia, Italy
Favorite? Y
Fluorescent? N
Size: 40 x 24 x 12 cm
Weight: 18000
Acquired: 2008-06-09
Source: Trinity: Giorgio Spiga
Label: N
Comment: A remarkable very large (18 Kg ) sample, found by the first half of the 1980's near the old Caput Aquas barite ore body, exploited during the 1950's and early 1960's. It consists in a cluster of large ( up to 13 cm) crystals with a green brown colour, perched on a massive barite matrix. All the crystals are absolutely undamaged, stacked and perfectly terminated.
Minerals: Barite (BaSO4)
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