Barytocalcite with Witherite - image 1
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Barytocalcite with Witherite

Unknown Owner
Bladed crystals of barytocalcite measuring to 0.7 cm size across the top of matrix with witherite. Very minimal damage present, this is a fine cabinet example for the species.

Product details

Species
Witherite, BarytocalciteAbout Witherite →
SizeCabinet
Dimensions12.5 x 10.0 x 6.0 cm
Added on09/08/2025
Locality
UK, England, Nentsberry Haggs MineRegional guide →

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
09/2025Unknown Owner$525.00
—Weinrich MineralsNot disclosed

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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 Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor, England
Nentsberry Haggs is one of the great English names for collectible witherite, not because it produced the prettiest single color in the species, but because it produced the most mineralogically expressive specimens: heavy, white to cream and pale honey barium carbonate, commonly in pseudohexagonal compound crystals, radiating masses, and partly altered crusted forms that tell the story of a deposit in motion. A good Nentsberry Haggs witherite rarely looks “simple.” It may carry a powdery white baryte-calcite skin, sit on etched or corroded baryte, show sphalerite or galena on the reverse, or display the stout pseudohexagonal forms that make Pennine witherite immediately recognizable.