A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Barytocalcite |
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| Description | Barytocalcite, BaCa(CO3)2, is a polymorph of alstonite. It resembles calcite and other carbonates, but barium gives it high specific gravity and so it “feels” heavier than calcite. Barytocalcite has been found in a number of places, perhaps most abundantly in veins at mines in Cumberland County, England. The specimen in the photo is 6.5 cm across. |
| Location | England. Near Cumberland. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-20. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #765. |
| Key words | barytocalcite, England |
| Tech details | 495 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 815 |
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