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The Brits & the IMA prefer the "Baryte" spelling, but this stubborn Yankee will continue to do it my way !
BARITE ? Johnson Rd., Bow, NH 1.2 mm cluster of barite crystals BARITE ? Johnson Rd., Bow, NH 1.2 mm cluster of barite crystals	Species: BARITE ? Locality: Johnson Rd., Bow, NH Specimen Size: 1.2 mm cluster of barite crystals - see notes Field Collected: 2016 Catalog No.: u2110 Notes: One of these crystals has a distinct hexagonal tabular habit that is characteristic of the lead carbonate-sulfate, leadhillite. This crystal is outlined in the second photo. Other crystals in the cluster have more of a tabular-prismatic barite habit.
BARITE Stoddard Mine, Westmoreland, NH 2 mm tabular crystal	Species: BARITE Locality: Stoddard Mine, Westmoreland, NH Specimen Size: 2 mm tabular crystal Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u2317 Notes: Crystal orientation in vug does not show tabular habit.
BARITE Wise Mine, Westmoreland, NH 1.8 mm crystal BARITE Wise Mine, Westmoreland, NH 1.8 mm crystal	Species: BARITE Locality: Wise Mine, Westmoreland, NH Specimen Size: 1.8 mm crystal Field Collected: Anna Wilken Catalog No.: u2578 Notes: Barite is reported from the Wise Mine on mindat, but there are no photos. This is the first Wise Mine barite that I [tm] have seen. Small colorless cubes of fluorite and clear quartz crystals are also present on this specimen.
BARITE Pierce Mine, Chesterfield, NH 6.5 cm specimen with 8 mm barite crystal BARITE Pierce Mine, Chesterfield, NH 8 mm barite crystal	Species: BARITE Locality: Pierce Mine, Chesterfield, NH Specimen Size: 6.5 cm specimen with 8 mm barite crystal Field Collected: Clayton Ford Catalog No.: Don Dallaire specimen and photos Notes: Don acquired this specimen in 1984.
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