Baryte, Mimetite

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A showy and aesthetic specimen of transparent Baryte blades jauntily perched on orange mimetite from the Bilbao Mine, Zacatecas, Mexico. A beautiful and uncommon combination piece, as Baryte is rare from the Bilbao Mine. I am told they came out in the 1950s. I have seen very few for sale, ever 4.8 x 4.0 x 2.8 cm