Baryte (fine gemmy crystals)

Item Description

A beautiful and highly aesthetic display specimen of these excellent, and I would say classic Barytes from Peru. These pieces started coming out in the early 2000s, and are some of the best quality Barytes from any locality in South America. This cabinet sized piece features sharp, lustrous, rather gemmy, thick tabular bladed Baryte crystals of a beautiful golden color measuring up to about 3.0 cm, aesthetically sitting on matrix. I love the balance and three-dimensional appeal of the specimen as it displays wonderfully as you can see from the photos. There are a few contacts on the lower / under side of the Barytes, but the upper portions of the crystals are all in great condition. These pieces are now hard to find on the market, and certainly worth picking up if you collect Barytes, Peruvian minerals or general display pieces. From the worldwide mineral collection of geologist, Demetrius Pohl (#1718).