Witherite with Baryte and ALSONITE - image 1
Witherite with Baryte and ALSONITE - image 2
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Witherite with Baryte and ALSONITE

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Two excellent, double terminated greyish-white Witherite crystals are perched on a bed of small Alstonite crystals, from one of Alstonite’s joint type localities, Fallowfield mine at Acomb near Hexham in Northumberland. The smaller Witherite crystal measures 2.2 cm tip to tip; the larger crystal 3.3 cm, although the lower half of the double termination is not complete due to contact with the matrix. The Witherite’s semi-matt lustre suggests they are coated with a very thin film of Baryte. All the Alstonite crystals are about 2 mm across and are perfectly terminated. The underside of the matrix is composed of intergrown platy colourless Baryte. This is a super example of these two rare British barium carbonate minerals.

Product details

Species
Witherite, Barite, BaryteAbout Witherite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions7.4 x 9.0 x 4.5 cm
Listed on10/24/2024
Locality
UK, England, Fallowfield MineRegional guide →
SKUCC8769

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Mineral guide
Learn about Witherite
distinctive pseudo-hexagonal twin crystals, white-cream color, UV fluorescence, scarce, prized specimens from Settlingstones, Alston Moor.
Witherite
Regional guide
Witherite from Fallowfield Mine, Hexham, England
Fallowfield Mine, Hexham, England, a locality for witherite, known for doubly terminated, cyclic-twinned crystals on pale drusy matrix, often with alstonite.