Barite

Description

Barite, group of colourless prismatic crystals, associated with common quartz, from Alston Moor, Cumberland, England

Museum reference

G.1890.114.1722.2

Collection

Natural Sciences

Object name

Barite

Collection place(s)

Alston Moor, Cumberland, England, Northern Europe

Associations

Dudgeon Collection
Quartz

Exhibitions

• Earth in Space (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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natural world, earth in space »
matter (building blocks)