Colorless Bladed Barite Classic

Colorless Bladed Barite Classic from Cheshire Barytes Mine, Jinny Hill Road, Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut

Collection

John Betts - Fine Minerals

Description

Transparent colorless bladed Barite crystals with chisel-shaped terminations. The Barite crystals are large and well crystallized for this old locality that closed in 1871. (Most specimens from this mine were opaque white.)

Locality

Cheshire Barytes Mine, Jinny Hill Road, Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut

Dimensions

8.5 x 8 x 2 cm.


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