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Title:
Barite with Pyrite
Object name(s):
Mineralogical Collection The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; SULPHATES
Brief description:
Lamellar barite with small ~0.1mm metallic cubic crystals of pyrite. With a hardness of ~2 and diagnoistically heavy (though not a metallic mineral) White streak. Pearly white lustre.
Collection:
University of St Andrews
Object name:
Mineralogical Collection The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; SULPHATES
Object number:
GE11938
Responsible department/section:
GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/1c2af377-0980-3c45-83d1-cf1f7dc05779

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/1c2af377-0980-3c45-83d1-cf1f7dc05779, University of St Andrews, CC BY-NC

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