20128 VHD1 Quartz after Barite, Sumbawa Besar, Sumbawa Island, West Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia
Drusy colourless quartz crystals after barite (epimorphs). Width of view 9mm. Stack of 175 images.
Barite
0335 Barite, Siderite, Bickers Quarry (Simpkins Quarry), Tokatoka, Kaipara District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand
White zoned barite with dark brown siderite. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 31 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR8 Barite, Bickers Quarry (Simpkins Quarry), Tokatoka, Kaipara District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Thin white bladed stacked crystals. Ex Trevor Hosking, collected in 1995. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2814 Calcite, Barite, Heulandite, Red Bluff, Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria
Red-fluorescing calcite crystals with minor heulandite (pictured) and barite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4200 YQ Wulfenite, Barite, Maoniuping Mine, Mianning County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China
Pseudo-octahedral orange crystals with white barite. Ex David Vince. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 63 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD15 Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Barite, Pyrite, Ernest Henry Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Lots of chalcopyrite crystals on small purple cubes of fluorite and red-fluorescing double-terminated calcite crystals. A few small yellow barite crystals also present. Even smaller pyrite crystals are sprinkled on the barite, and to a...
2913 Pyrite, Barite, Fluorite, Nakaye mine (Alamo mine), Derry District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
Tiny pyrite crystals on the face of a barite crystal, with dark purple fluorite associated. The barite is said to be coloured because of pyrite inclusions, but that even under a microscope, crystals can’t be...
20088 Chalcopyrite, Goethite, Barite, Olympic Dam Mine, Roxby Downs, Stuart Shelf, South Australia
Stunning chalcopyrite crystals looking hoppered with balls of goethite needles on barite.
ncat JP321 Barite, Phillipsite, Goethite, West Head, Flinders, Victoria
Off-white barite aggregates on iron-stained phillipsite with tiny black goethite balls. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4947 Smithsonite, Barite, Hope Quarry, Bradwell, Derbyshire, England, UK
Rounded honey-coloured jellybean smithsonite crystals with bladed barite. Acquired from Philip Grounds, Bay Minerals, in 2012. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4946 Fluorite, Barite, Quartz, Smithsonite, Fall Hill Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
Tiny smithsonite crystals on interpenetrant fluorite and bladed barite crystals, on quartz. Acquired from Philip Grounds, Bay Minerals, in 2012. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a...
4267 Azurite, Barite, Wheal Friendship Mine, Blinman, South Australia
Blocky colourless barite crystals with sharp blue azurite. Acquired from John Haupt 4/06. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JL1378 Barite, Kapunda Mine, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Geoff Randall at the Ballarat Gemboree in 1994. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 12 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4905 Barite, Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Complex yellow crystals of barite on goethite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
8036 M269 Barite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 11mm. Stack of 15 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat M1546 Barite, Copper, Goethite, Black Rock Lode, Mount Isa, Queensland
Golden barite crystals with goethite balls on the surface and native copper inclusions. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Stack of 65 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat M1532 Barite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
A cluster of pale yellow barite crystals. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4720 Azurite, Barite, Malbunka Copper Mine (Namatjira’s Copper Prospect; Areyonga Copper Deposit), Areyonga, Gardiner Range, MacDonnell Region, Northern Territory
Identified from the 2017 mining operation, acquired directly from the miner, Dehne McLaughlin. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2171 Barite, Opalton, Queensland
One large crystal with a cluster of smaller ones from a locality best known for its opal. Width of view 22mm.
ncat VHD4, Copper, Barite, Mount Isa, Queensland
Dendritic copper in yellow barite. Width of specimen 20mm. Ex George Stacey.
3910 Olivenite, Barite, Arseniosiderite, Tistoulet mine, Padern, Narbonne, Aude, Occitanie, France
Stubby green crystals of olivenite with pale thin tabular barite, that sprinkled with a tiny yellow arseniosiderite balls. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Ex Cederick Gineste 2/2005. Click on the image below...
ncat OW102 Barite,Rosebery Mine (EZ Mine), Rosebery, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Small yellow barite crystals on matrix. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 80 images. Click Image for High Resolution
7412 JL1467 Fluorapatite, Barite, Quartz, Cuprite, Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1993 from Brian Beyer at the Adelaide Mineralogical Society Seminar for $1.00. Width of view 3.33mm. Stack of 60 images.
7374 JL2011 Harmotome, Barite, Settlingstones Mine, Newbrough, Northumberland, England, UK
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Harry Critchley in 1996.
7370 JL1736 Barite, Chabazite, Redcliff Head (Red Cliff Head), Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Frank Robinson.
10027 Fluorite, Wulfenite, Barite, Blue Star prospect, South Canyon District, Dona Ana Co., New Mexico, USA
Colourless cubes of fluorite with thin purple edges, colourless fluorite with hematite inclusions/staining, purple cubes, yellow tabular wulfenite, minor white barite. Specimen is 50x36x30mm. Second image is under shortwave ultraviolet light.
20067 Barite, Hematite, Magma Mine (Magma Superior Mine; Magma Copper Mine), Superior, Pioneer Mining District, Pinal Mountains, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Dark tabular barite crystals on a fragment of hematite matrix. Ex George Reimherr Collection. 15mm wide.
1277 Barite, Chabazite-Na (Herschelite), Apatite, Siderite, Bickers Quarry (Simpkins Quarry), Tokatoka, Kaipara District, Northland Region, New Zealand
Small cavities containing white bladed barite, colourless pseudo-hexagonal chabazite, colourless prismatic apatite and brown siderite. Width of view 3.75mm. Stack of 80 images.
1006 Barite, Smithsonite, Mimetite, Plaka mines, Plaka, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
Zoned white to brown barite with tiny colourless mimetite crystals and white “smithsonite”. The latter is not listed in Mindat. Width 18.5mm. Stack of 200 images. Ex Ted Johnson.
20059 Vanadinite, Barite, Mibladen mining district, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Orange-red hexagonal crystals in tabular and prismatic habits on cream-coloured barite plates. Width 11mm. Stack of 150 images. Close-up photo of a 30x27x20mm specimen.
1097 Barite, Cerro Warihuyn (Huarihuyn), Miraflores, Huamalies Province, Peru
Aesthetic yellow crystal cluster. Acquired at the 2013 Bendigo Show. Video best viewed full screen.
30084 Wulfenite, Mimetite, Barite, Rowley Mine, Theba, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA
Orange tabular wulfenite crystals with yellow mimetite on pale pinkish crystalline barite. Video best viewed full screen.
30068 Barite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Calcite, Newfoundland Zinc Mine, Daniel’s Harbor, Newfoundland, Canada
Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
30067 Barite, Pyrite, Fluorite, Calcite, Level 4, El Solar Mine, Taxco de Alarcón, Mun. de Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico
Fluorite is white, only picked up under longwave UV. Tiny scalenohedral calcite crystals. Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
30056 Azurite, Barite, Tynagh Mine, Killimor, County Galway, Connacht, Ireland
Ex Neil Kinnane Collection. Some orange fluorescence – cerussite maybe. Video best viewed full screen.
20021 Barite, Palos Verdes Hills, Palos Verdes peninsula, Los Angeles Co., California, USA
Two specimens of pale blue barite. Interestingly, almost all of the photos on Mindat are yellowish crystals. Fluorescent white.
ncat JL3214 Azurite, Barite, Cannington Park Quarry, Bridgewater, Somerset, England
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1998 from Harry Critchley.
5570 Barite, Girard, Girard District, Burke Co., Georgia, USA
White prismatic crystals, Jim Daly, Sauktown Sales, Indiana
4949 Sphalerite, Fluorite, Barite, Hawleyite, Ladywash Mine, Eyam, Derbyshire, England, UK
ebay bayminerals_2012. Bay Minerals. Philip Grounds, Morecambe, Lancashire, England
4953 Barite, Fluorite, Sphalerite, Milldam Mine, Great Hucklow, Derbyshire, England, UK
ebay bayminerals_2012. Bay Minerals. Philip Grounds, Morecambe, Lancashire, England
4948 Barite, Sphalerite, Millclose Mine, South Darley, Derbyshire, England, UK
ebay bayminerals_2012. Bay Minerals. Philip Grounds, Morecambe, Lancashire, England
8066 Calcite, Fluorite, Marcasite, Barite, Francon quarry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
30031 Fluorite, Barite, Heights Quarry, Westgate, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England
Purple zoning around the edges of the fluorite cubes, cream-coloured barite. Ex John Chivers.
20012 Barite, Old Quarry Road, Heathcote, City of Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Cluster of pale blue barite crystals. Ex Roger Colling Collection #288.
10049 Barite, Southern operations mine (Pasminco mine; Perilya mine; Consolidated Zinc Mine; CRA mine; New Broken Hill Consolidated Mine; NBHC Mine), Broken Hill, New South Wales
Orange-yellow platey crystals. From the NBHC Mine.
8070 Baryte, Pyrite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Victoria
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
10053 Barite, Jebel Ouichane, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Cluster of pale blue barite crystals.
10054 Barite, Jebel Ouichane, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Cluster of pale blue barite crystals. Purchased at Keystone, priced at $40.
10012 Quartz, Barite, Hungary
Quartz pseudomorph after barite. Ex Brother Juan Salvador, FMS, a volunteer at the AMNH in the 1880s. His card apparently read One of the great treasures of my collection, 16/7/1884. Ex American Museum of Natural...
10048 Barite, Mowbray Mine, Frizington, West Cumberland Iron Field, Cumbria, England
Single large colourless crystal with brown zoned phantom zone. Label suggests it is from about 1900.
10050 Barite, Crich Quarry, Crich, Derbyshire, England
Large plate of cockscomb barite. Ex Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd. Similar to Mindat photo 260605. A specimen of baryte, bearing an old adhesive paper label reading: ‘Cockscomb Baryties, from Crich…’, in old white card tray,...
4374 Calcite, Barite, Bundoora Quarry, Victoria
K & M Brown Collection
4339 Goethite, Barite, Bunnbinyunna Mine, near Morolana, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Joan Lamond Micro Collection 2006
6091 Barite, Porgera Mine, Mt Kare Valley, Mt Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea
A bladed cluster of blocky barite crystals that are white with a bluish hue. These crystals were collected in the early to mid 1990’s. Size: H:6.5cm x W:4.9cm x D:2.2cm
6085 Barite, Calcite, Fluorite, Dam Rigg Level, Northside Mines, Whaw, Arkengarthdale, North Pennines, North Yorkshire, England
Lustrous white translucent barite crystals growing on minor calcite from one of the classic old English lead mines. The barite crystals on this piece reach 1.5 cm in maximum length and fluoresce a nice cream-white...
6078 Barite, Heathcote, Victoria
Gemmy blue crystals of barite on an off white chalky matrix from Heathcote. Collected by Jon Mommers on a Minsoc Vic field trip in the 1980s, probably 1982
6069 Barite, Quartz, Gibraltar Mine, Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico
Bright large translucent yellow barite crystals growing on very sparkly quartz crystal matrix. Barite is uncommon at this locality. Ex Mike Knew Collection. Mike Knew is the owner of Top Gem Minerals in Tucson, Arizona.
5358 Pyrite, Barite, West Head, Flinders, Victoria
JL0942. Frank Robinson
5165 Barite, Barite Mine, Bunbinyunna, South Australia
JL1379. Geoff Randall $5
ncat JP832 Calcite, Barite, Boral Limited quarry, Bundoora, City of Whittlesea, Victoria
Calcite fluoresces pink and barite fluoresces pale yellow
7228 JL1036 Siderite, Calcite, Barite, Quartz, Martins Well, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Barry Porter “typical of the Reaphook Hill geodes, a lot dug in the 80s, had to walk a few ks from the Scholzite deposit until we found a 4wd track in. Very hard slaty rock...
1576 Barite, Malachite, Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Za‹re)
Malachite on colourless-grey barite crystals. Ex Downunder Minerals.
1512 Barite, Calcite, Old Moulds Mine, Langthwaite, Arkengarthdale, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Labelled as barytocalcite (not listed in Mindat), but could be barite. Colourless to white crystal aggregates. Width of view 6mm. Stack og 86 images.
1270 Barite, Snuff Horn Lead Shaft, Old Moulds Mine, Langthwaite, Arkengarthdale, North Pennines, North Yorkshire, England
A little miniature specimen from early old small shaft workings in the Moulds area. Translucent to clear small ‘spear tip’ baryte crystals in a baryte matrix. Specimen is 30x29mm.
1244 Barite, White Coppice Quarry, Chorley, Lancashire, England
Tiny white micro spear baryte crystals on matrix. A rarely offered location specimen from central Lancashire.
0753 Barite, Moralana, South Australia
This site is apparently extinct. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0482 Quartz, Barite, Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
A quartz pseudomorph after barite. Purchased at the 2013 Ballarat Gem Show.
0302 Barite, Calcite, Sphalerite, EZ Mine, Puttapa, South Australia
Sharp pale yellow barite crystal on calcite with sphalerite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5352 JL0942 Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Barite, West Head, Flinders, Victoria
Photo width 5mm and 2.5mm.
1088 Barite, Bundoora, Victoria
Colourless to white bladed crystals of barite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5415 Barite, Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys, Wales
Barite crystals from the Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys, Wales.
5459 Barite after Alstonite. Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston, Cumbria, England
A neat pseudomorph of barite after alstonite from Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Nent Valley, Alston Moor District, Cumbria, England. Photo width 20mm.
5448 Barite, Calcite, Sidmouth Beach, Devon, England
Barite on calcite from Sidmouth Beach, Sidmouth, East Devon, Devon, England. Photo width 11mm.
10028 Barite, Fluorite, Quartz, Wulfenite, Unknown black needles, Blue Star prospect, South Canyon District, Dona Ana Co., New Mexico, USA
Colourless and purple fluorite cubes and colourless quartz crystals on white barite. Minor yellow wulfenite. Unknown black needles.