Call number:
C19
Classification:
Minerals from Serifos Isl.
Translated title:
Barite
Place of origin:
Mega Livadi / Serifos isl., Greece
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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