Barite (rare association) on Rhodochrosite

Wutong Mine, Liubao, Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
Thumbnail, 2.5 x 2.3 x 1.9 cm
Start Time: 05/22/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 05/29/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Barite is rare from this famous locale and rhodo and barite combinations are very rare! This outstanding thumbnail looks like a corsage. Intergrown, blocky, tabular, barite crystals are transparent to translucent, mostly colorless and have very nifty amber highlights along the edges. The barites are beautifully set on the cluster of flattened, rose-red rhodo rhombs. Rare and excellent combination material.

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