Barite |
Barite |
Specimen # | 100854 | |
Mineral: | Barite | |
Location: | La Côte d’Abot, Saint Saturnin, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France | |
Size: | 5.3 x 4.7 x 3.6 cm | |
A sharp, dark-golden sceptred French barite with excellent form and beautiful subtle crystallization features, including the full sceptre and a similarly-raised front prism face. Many of the crystal faces have bright, glassy lustre. At certain angles, internal phantom faces are visible. In excellent condition, no damage (there are a couple of tiny natural indents along an upper crystal edge - they are not damage). As is the case with all detached crystals from this find, the underside shows a crystallization texture indicating that the detachment from the rock occurred at the end of the crystallization. A classy barite crystal!
(Note: the first photograph is strongly lit, to show the interior of the crystal.)
A sharp, dark-golden sceptred French barite with excellent form and beautiful subtle crystallization features, including the full sceptre and a similarly-raised front prism face. Many of the crystal faces have bright, glassy lustre. At certain angles, internal phantom faces are visible. In excellent condition, no damage (there are a couple of tiny natural indents along an upper crystal edge - they are not damage). As is the case with all detached crystals from this find, the underside shows a crystallization texture indicating that the detachment from the rock occurred at the end of the crystallization. A classy barite crystal!
(Note: the first photograph is strongly lit, to show the interior of the crystal.)
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