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Barite with minor Dolomite from Cerro Warihuyn, Huanuco Department, Peru

 
Barite with minor Dolomite from Cerro Warihuyn, Huanuco Department, Peru

Barite with minor Dolomite from Cerro Warihuyn, Huanuco Department, Peru

Barite with minor Dolomite from Cerro Warihuyn, Huanuco Department, Peru

Barite with minor Dolomite from Cerro Warihuyn, Huanuco Department, Peru

Barite with minor Dolomite from Cerro Warihuyn, Huanuco Department, Peru

Barite with minor Dolomite from Cerro Warihuyn, Huanuco Department, Peru

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Barite with minor Dolomite from Cerro Warihuyn, Huanuco Department, Peru

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Barite with minor Dolomite from Cerro Warihuyn, Huanuco Department, Peru

DESCRIPTION:No. 72920
Mineral:Barite with minor Dolomite
Locality:Cerro Warihuyn, Huanuco Department, Peru
Description:Lustrous transparent gray bladed barite crystals to 25 mm with pinkish rhombohedral dolomite crystals to 2 mm on the bottom where the barite crystals were attached. The barite crystals fluoresce white under UV illumination. Ex. D. Miller collection #M2243; collected ca. 1998. Fluoresces pink-white under 254 nm shortwave (SW) or 365 nm longwave (LW) ultraviolet illumination
Overall Size:6x5x5 cm
Crystals:1-25 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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