EXA66CD5: Aggregate of very well defined tabular Baryte crystals, translucent and transparent with a delicate sky-blue color, with very well-defined faces and edges, implanted in a rock matrix with iron oxide stains that give it a certain yellowish color.
It comes from a classic locality for French mineralogy where very beautiful specimens of Fluorite have been found, but where Baryte is not easy to find.
Le Burc Mine, Alban-Le Fraysse area, Tarn, Occitanie France
Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.9 × 4.1 cm = 2.87” × 2.32” × 1.61”
Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.2 cm = 0.63” × 0.47”
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