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Witherite
Chemical
Formula
BaCO3
Species
Carbonates
Crystal
System
Orthorhombic
Mohs
Scale
3
Specific
Gravity
4.3
Color
Colorless, white, pale gray, with possible tints of pale yellow, pale brown, or pale green
Streak
White
Luster
Vitreous, Resinous
Refractive
Index
n = 1.529 n = 1.676 n = 1.677
Diaphaneity
Transparent, Translucent
Cleavage
Distinct/GoodOn distinct; on imperfect. Possibly also on and .
Fracture
Irregular/Uneven
Crystal Habit:Striated short prismatic crystals, also botryoidal to spherical,columnar fibrous, granular, massive.
Geological Setting:Low-temperature hydrothermal veins.
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