baryte (w. smithsonite)

TSNB396

Specimen

Exhibit 1. Baryte (w. smithsonite); 50 mm.
Exhibit 1. Baryte (w. smithsonite); 50 mm.
Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood

Title

baryte (w. smithsonite)

Principal Mineral

Baryte

Size

Cabinet; 50mm

Location in the Mine

First oxidation zone

Collection

MGMH 89188

Provenance

(not assigned)

Entry Type

Specimen TSNB396

Description

Tabular, honey-brown crystals of baryte (to 25 mm) associated with colourless-grey smithsonite over a core of residual sulphide material. The specimen was acquired by MGMH in 1930, which dates it to the first oxidation zone, but the provenance is not recorded.

Associated Minerals

smithsonite