I'll have my fluorite sprinkled with big chunks of barium sulfate, please.

A honeyed barite on fluorite from the Santa Lucia mine in Fluminimaggiore, Sardinia, Italy.

17 x 14 cm (6.7 x 5.5 in); larger crystals 4.5 cm.

Photo: Alessandro Socci

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2457294.07212: #CalciteSprings is a colorful #hydrothermal feature below #BumpusButte, just downstream of #TheNarrows on the #YellowstoneRiver, close to the #TowerGeneralStore. The springs are named after the milky-white calcite that dominates the area.

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#Barite on #MineralMonday

This hand specimen of Barite is a large crystal that resembles clear quartz. It has an antique Wards label.

Barite is the main source of the element Barium. It was once used in the production of vacuum tubes and is now used to make high-temperature superconductors.

From the Galactic Stone & Ironworks Collection.

#geology #GeologyRocks #minerals

#Barite on #MineralMonday

This hand specimen of Barite is a large crystal that resembles clear quartz. It has an antique Wards label.

Barite is the main source of the element Barium. It was once used in the production of vacuum tubes and is now used to make high-temperature superconductors.

From the Galactic Stone & Ironworks Collection.

#geology #GeologyRocks #minerals

#Barite on #MineralMonday

This hand specimen of Barite is a large crystal that resembles clear quartz. It has an antique Wards label.

Barite is the main source of the element Barium. It was once used in the production of vacuum tubes and is now used in the production of high-temperature superconductors.

From the Galactic Stone & Ironworks Collection.

#geology #GeologyRocks #minerals