Call number:
Sulfate Minerals
D61 (18)
D61 (18)
Classification:
Sulfates
Name:
Barite
Translated title:
Barite
Place of origin:
Felsobanya, Romania
Depositional environment:
Sedimentary rocks and late gangue mineral in ore veins. Commonly found as a gangue mineral in metallic ore deposits of epithermal or mesothermal origin; but it may also be found as lenses or replacement deposits in sedimentary rocks, both of hypogene and supergene origin.
Description:
Sedimentary rocks and late gangue mineral in ore veins. Commonly found as a gangue mineral in metallic ore deposits of epithermal or mesothermal origin; but it may also be found as lenses or replacement deposits in sedimentary rocks, both of hypogene and supergene origin.
Chemical formula:
BaSO4
Crystal system:
Orthorhombic
Crystal schema:
Dipyramidal
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