Most of the fine crystals of barite occur in metal sulfide veins or Kuroko type deposits. Wide varieties of crystal habits have been reported. Commonly observed habits are platy, rhombic, six-sided or eight-sided forms, depending on the combination of faces. Prismatic crystals elongated parallel to a, b or c axes are also not rare. Very unusual is a habit resembling dodecahedral crystals of cubic system, consisting of well developed (110), (001), (011, (010) and several other faces. Crystals larger than 5 cm in diameter have been found from many localities, including the Osarizawa mine

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Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

363548

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:363548:3

GUID (UUID V4):

97db64f5-ae4a-46c0-91a3-3aa1f2d095bb

Nearest other occurrences of Baryte

7.0km (4.3 miles)

ⓘ Komakizawa mine (Komaki mine), Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture, Japan

7.3km (4.5 miles)

ⓘ Hanawa mine, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture, Japan

9.9km (6.2 miles)

ⓘ Hanawa mine, Tayama, Hachimantai City, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

12.3km (7.7 miles)

ⓘ Fukasawa mine (Fukazawa mine), Odate, Akita Prefecture, Japan

14.7km (9.2 miles)

ⓘ Ezuri mine, Odate, Akita Prefecture, Japan

16.3km (10.1 miles)

ⓘ Uchinotai deposit, Kosaka mine, Kosaka, Akita Prefecture, Japan

18.3km (11.4 miles)

ⓘ Kosaka mine, Kosaka, Akita Prefecture, Japan

19.1km (11.9 miles)

ⓘ Matsuki Mine (Takadate), Odate, Akita Prefecture, Japan

20.2km (12.5 miles)

ⓘ Shakanai Mine, Odate, Akita Prefecture, Japan

20.3km (12.6 miles)

ⓘ Hanaoka mine, Odate, Akita Prefecture, Japan

References

Introduction to Japanese Minerals (Geological Survey of Japan, 1970)

Sadanaga, Ryoichi, Bunno, Michiaki (1974) The Wakabayashi Mineral Collection. Bulletin 7. The University Museum, The University of Tokyo

Nishimoto, Naoto, Yosuke Yamamoto, Saburo Yamagata, Toshifumi Igarashi, and Shingo Tomiyama. (2021) "Acid Mine Drainage Sources and Impact on Groundwater at the Osarizawa Mine, Japan" Minerals 11, no. 9: 998. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11090998

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Baryte from Osarizawa Mine, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture, Japan

Baryte from
Osarizawa Mine, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture, Japan