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Baryte from
Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada


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Baryte, etc.

Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada
06948150017363015855599.jpg
Baryte, etc.

Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada
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Baryte, etc.

Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Baryte
Formula:BaSO4
Comments:translucent, white blocky crystals of barite up to 3 cm across have been found occupying small vugs and rectangular molds in dolomite
Habit: tabular on (001) and often elongated on <100> with large {001} pinacoids and {102} and {011} prisms
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Dolomite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Baryte data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:21868
Long-form Identifier:1:3:21868:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Gait, Robert I., Dumka, Doug, Bailey, Karen, Robinson, George W. (1990) Minerals of the Nanisivik Mine, Baffin Island, Northwest Territories. The Mineralogical Record, 21 (6) 515-534pp.533-533
 
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