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Barylite

- Formula
- BaBe2Si2O7
- Crystal System
- Orthorhombic
- Crystal Habit
- Platy
- Cleavage
- Perfect, Perfect, None
- Luster
- Vitreous (Glassy)
- Color
- bluish, colorless, white
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Orthorhombic - Pyramidal
- Fracture
- Brittle
- Hardness
- 6-7
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Barylite from Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

- Special Info
- Type Locality
Clear platy crystals in a vug lined with yellow Berzeliite in Tilasite. The largest Barylite is 1mm across and there are about seven more which are smaller in the same vug.
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