White, elongated tabular crystals of Baryte to 4cm in a nice divergent group. Excellent specimen. The terminastions are lustrous and smoth as opposed to the remainder of the crystal which is a frosted white. There is one broken off crystal, which technically is on the back side opposite of the display side.
Baryte
Formula
BaSO4
Crystal System
Orthorhombic
Crystal Habit
Tabular, Prismatic, Massive - Fibrous
Cleavage
Perfect, Perfect, Imperfect
Luster
Vitreous (Glassy)
Color
white, yellowish white, grayish white, brownish white, dark brown