Barite, 5494


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Description

Small, heavy, sample of opaque white intersecting blades of barite intergrown with massive metallic brassy yellow chalcopyrite with iridescent tarnish. A small amount of bright green fibrous malachite is also present on the barite.


Subject

  • Geology
  • Mineralogy


Details

Contributor
Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839
Publisher
University of South Carolina. McKissick Museum.
Coverage
Buckingham, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists