Barite

Item Description

In the early 2000s this locality produced these beautiful and showy Barite specimens from a brief time, and then the locality has mined out and nothing more was found. This small cabinet specimen is a beautiful and highly aesthetic display piece of these now classic Barites. This piece was mined in 2004. It features sharp, lustrous, gemmy, tabular bladed Barite crystals of a beautiful golden color measuring up to 1.2 cm sitting on matrix . The piece is in great shape, with no major damage that I can find with the naked eye. I love the balance and three-dimensional appeal of the specimen as it displays wonderfully as you can see from the photos. These pieces are now hard to find on the market, and certainly worth picking up if you collect Barites, Peruvian minerals or display pieces.