Specimen #948

Name: Barite

Type: Micromount

Locality: Cartersville District, Bartow Co., Georgia, USA

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

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Acquired: 2008-11-12

Source: Ian Heales Collection

Label: N

Comment: A barite mining area containing about 35 mines, with a productive area 4.5 miles long with a northerly trend, and a width of about 2 miles.

The ore deposits of the district are associated with rocks of Early Cambrian age - the Weisner, the Shady, and the Rome formations, listed in ascending order.

Minerals: Barite (BaSO₄)

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Barite, Cartersville District, Bartow Co., Georgia, FOV: 18.0 x 12.0 mm