Barite w/ Calcite, Stoneham Quarry, Weld County, Colorado

Product Code: bar3

Stock Level: 1

Price: $749.99

Here is one amazing cabinet size specimen of Barite with Calcite. This specimen of Blue barite comes from the Stoneham Quarry, Weld County, Colorado.

If you know this material from this locale, then you know the matrix falls apart very easily. Normally loose crystals or clusters of crystals are found or for sale, very rarely do large specimens come to market that have not been stabilized artificially.

The reason this specimen is intact, is the layer of small calcite crystals covering the top of the specimen. These calcite crystal have bound together this normally crumbly matrix to keep this large number of crystal together just as they formed.

There are many blue barite crystals presently exposed and many more within and under the calcite. There are many well terminated crystals present, but there are some that are missing their terminations. 

Overall a rare natural specimen.

15.5 cm x 10.9 cm x 3.8 cm