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)

There are 7 pictures on file

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Barite, Caput Aquas, Villamassargia, Sulcis area, Sardinia, Italy - 40 x 24 x 12 cm

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Barite, Caput Aquas, Villamassargia, Sulcis area, Sardinia, Italy - 40 x 24 x 12 cm

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Barite, Caput Aquas, Villamassargia, Sulcis area, Sardinia, Italy - 40 x 24 x 12 cm

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Barite, Caput Aquas, Villamassargia, Sulcis area, Sardinia, Italy

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Barite, Caput Aquas, Villamassargia, Sulcis area, Sardinia, Italy

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Barite, Caput Aquas, Villamassargia, Sulcis area, Sardinia, Italy

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Barite, Caput Aquas, Villamassargia, Sulcis area, Sardinia, Italy