Barite
UNB-2020-0044Minerals » Sulphates
Description
Original Direction: *Incomplete.
Barite (BaSO4) can be white, grey, colourless or shades of yellow, brown, red or blue. Lustre is vitreous or pearly and streak is white. Hardness is 3 to 3 1/2 and cleavage is perfect in one direction, good in a second direction and distinct in a third direction. Barite usually occurs as thin to thick tabular crystals but can also be prismatic crystals, divergent groups, compact, lamellar, fibrous or granular.
Specifications
| Object name | Barite |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2020-0044 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Mineral |
| Classification | Mineral group: Sulphates |
| Origin | Unknown |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Publications
- Chesterman, C.W. 1979. Audubon Society, Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals. Knopf.