Mineral: Baryte
Locality: Elk Creek, Dalzell, Meade County, South Dakota, USA
Dimensions: 16.5 x 13.5 x 9 cm / main crystal: 8.0 cm

Description: Mass: 1150 g MIM number:2039 A group of bright, very sharp, amber-colored transparent crystals on a cream-colored matrix made of hardened mud riverbed. A small crystal on the right has "lifted" a matrix tongue to form. This sample is unusual as it consists of a bouquet of crystals whereas usually the crystals of this provenance are isolated. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence

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