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GeneralShow us your favorite barytes

6th Jun 2022 17:14 UTCKevin Conroy Manager

In honor of Jolyon's barite/baryte article ( https://www.mindat.org/a/barite_baryte ), please post photos and information for your favorite specimens here. Add as many as you want!

I'll start it off with a specimen from Capital Quarry, Missouri, USA,

6th Jun 2022 19:06 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert

OK Kevin,

Here is an Elk Creek specimen from South Dakota.

6th Jun 2022 19:09 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert

One from the Shanguluwe Mine Zaire 5x3cm.

6th Jun 2022 19:11 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert

Small but a favorite from the Rowley Mine with yellow mimetite inclusions inside the baryte, 4mm xl.

6th Jun 2022 19:51 UTCPaul Brandes 🌟 Manager

My favourite, mostly because it was a self-collected piece!

Juanita Mine, Magdalena Mining District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA

6th Jun 2022 20:16 UTCRichard Gibson 🌟

Barite with inclusions

6th Jun 2022 20:25 UTCKelly Nash 🌟 Expert

Blue baryte from Stoneham, Colorado, 6.7 cm.

6th Jun 2022 20:39 UTCRichard Gibson 🌟

With orpiment

6th Jun 2022 21:47 UTCChris Rayburn

Here's one from near Indian Head Rock in Jefferson Co., Montana USA. 8 cm x 18 cm.

6th Jun 2022 21:54 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert

A Meikle Mine Nevada piece, 3x3cm.

6th Jun 2022 21:56 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert

Twin Creeks Mine, Nevada, 3x2cm.

6th Jun 2022 21:57 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert

From the Bagdad Mine in Arizona, 8mm fov.

6th Jun 2022 22:04 UTCKim A. Strange

A Quartzite find from a couple of years ago. Baryte with Marcasite from the Bou Nahas Mine, Morocco

6th Jun 2022 22:07 UTCRui Nunes 🌟 Expert

A ~ 10 mm colourless baryte crystal with dolomite from Neves Corvo, Portugal.

6th Jun 2022 23:11 UTCMark Heintzelman 🌟 Expert

This string certainly requires a classic Dreislar Baryte! Here is my favorite example from the collection. Typical bone white bladed crystals with a nice coral pink surface coloration, and a light sprinkling of chalcopyrite crystals. (Dreislar Mine, Winterberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) 13 x 11.5 x 4 cm

6th Jun 2022 23:46 UTCHarold (Hal) Prior Expert

My favorite of all time has been on before. Self collected in 1992 from Lamb mine, Morgan County, Missouri.
One of the best from a locale that closed in 1944, and is now disappearing into the Ozark wilderness – 10 x 5 centimeter cluster of clear barite crystals (Glass Tiff) on a matrix of “drybone” barite. Largest crystal 3.3 centimeters, Harold (Hal) Prior specimen self-collected in 1992, Photo by Jeff Scovil. Reference: Rocks & Minerals Vol. 71, No. 2, March/April 1996, “Some Mines and Minerals of Morgan County, Missouri”

7th Jun 2022 00:25 UTCKevin Conroy Manager

Wow, we're getting to see a lot of great specimens! Here's a barite stalactite from Minerva #1 Mine, Illinois, USA.

7th Jun 2022 09:28 UTCHerwig Pelckmans

Kevin, that is a crazy specimen!

Does it have the central tube most stalactites have? If so, is it hollow?

Can we see a photo of the top, where it was attached to the ceiling?

Curious!

Cheers, Herwig

7th Jun 2022 13:41 UTCKevin Conroy Manager

Herwig Pelckmans Expert ✉️

Kevin, that is a crazy specimen!

Does it have the central tube most stalactites have? If so, is it hollow?

Can we see a photo of the top, where it was attached to the ceiling?

Hi Herwig,

I had (note past tense) about 10 of these at one point. I still have this one, but I really don't know if I still have any of the others. This one is affixed to a base, and I don't want to remove it. About the central tube, I think that the specimens had them but I wouldn't swear to it. If I run across any of the others I'll take a look (and a photo).

7th Jun 2022 18:46 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert

Kevin, here is a "Wow"! right back at ya for this one.

7th Jun 2022 00:50 UTCAM Mizunaka Expert

Some favorite Meikle barites.

7th Jun 2022 01:08 UTCJohn M Stolz Expert

I have a couple of those! Here's an Elk Creek specimen

7th Jun 2022 01:10 UTCJohn M Stolz Expert

And here's one with nice composition

7th Jun 2022 01:38 UTCHarold (Hal) Prior Expert

NL Baroid Mine, Hot Spring County, Arkansas (4.1 x 2.3 x 1.4 centimeters) acquired in March 1986

7th Jun 2022 09:14 UTCAndy Lawton

A polished slice of the "oakstone" variety of baryte from Arbor Low, Middleton-by-Youlgreave, Derbyshire, England. ~ 100 mm wide.

7th Jun 2022 10:48 UTCEd Clopton 🌟 Expert

Excellent piece! I have always wanted one of these.

7th Jun 2022 10:43 UTCEd Clopton 🌟 Expert

My favorite personally-collected barite specimen (24 mm tall), from Mount Carroll Quarry, Mount Carroll, Carroll Co., Illinois, USA. I noticed interesting minerals in vugs in stone riprap along the Mississippi River while stopping to watch towboats "lock through" at Lock & Dam 13, Thompson, Illinois. I asked a Corps of Engineers ranger there the source and tracked it down to the Mt. Carroll quarry, which (after going through channels with the owner) led to several years of productive collecting trips while I lived within striking distance of the quarry. (Would love to go back, but it's now 1400 miles away!) This specimen was found at Lock & Dam 13.

7th Jun 2022 10:48 UTCEd Clopton 🌟 Expert

This Black Hills barite crystal was collected by Ken Allgier in the 1980s from Pierre shale outcrops along French Creek near the agate collecting area east of Fairburn, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA. The barite crystal is only 3 mm tall, and the star of the show actually is the cap of calcite crystals on top (which unfortunately has since been knocked off and lost, although the barite survived intact). Photo by Dan Behnke, 1987.

7th Jun 2022 10:55 UTCEd Clopton 🌟 Expert

And here's my other favorite (4 cm tall) from Mount Carroll Quarry, Mount Carroll, Carroll Co., Illinois, USA, also collected at Lock & Dam 13. (Barite was never plentiful on any of my trips to the quarry--maybe one piece every other trip.) Barite occurred in at least two habits there: thick tabular crystals of transparent yellow like this, with phantoms outlined by what Richard Gibson earlier in the thread described as "pencil inclusions" of pyrite, and thin tabular crystals that are more opaque as seen earlier. I also found one small thin tabular crystal that is opaque blue.

7th Jun 2022 13:27 UTCPaul De Bondt Manager

Kevin, thank you for starting this thread.

Many nice specimens have been shown so far. Keep them coming, please.

Above my baryte from Shangulowé mine in DRC.

Keep safe.

7th Jun 2022 13:50 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert

Nothing special as a crystal until the light came from the side and the next photo showed up. From Gilman Colorado.

7th Jun 2022 13:52 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert

When I first saw the crystal I thought it had a flat surface until the light hit it like this.

7th Jun 2022 14:08 UTCKevin Conroy Manager

Rolf Luetcke Expert ✉️

When I first saw the crystal I thought it had a flat surface until the light hit it like this.

Wow!

8th Jun 2022 00:12 UTCHerwig Pelckmans

That is so cool!

It also proves how important light is when taking (good, better, best) photos!

Great job, Rolf!

7th Jun 2022 13:57 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert

This one is from the Twin Buttes Mine in Pima Co. Arizona and it has a bit of a story. The specimen was loaded with copper minerals and supposedly had wulfenite on it. Since I loved wulfenite, especially with copper minerals, I purchased the hand size piece. The specimen had labels from several well known collectors listing wulfenite. When I got home, first thing was to view it under my microscope and I saw what it actually was, a yellow baryte. Now not one of the "supposed" experts had ever bothered to verify its identity under a microscope. No matter, I found much better stuff on the specimen so it was well worth it, still looking for a Twin Buttes Wulfenite.

7th Jun 2022 13:59 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert

This is from the Book Cliffs in Colorado just a 9x5 view of the top of a crystal.

7th Jun 2022 14:02 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert

One from the Rio Tinto Mines, Andalusia Spain, 1cm across.

7th Jun 2022 14:06 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert

Baryte xls on palygorskite from Metaline Falls in Washington State, US.

7th Jun 2022 14:47 UTCKim A. Strange

Identified as from the St. Louis level of the Annabel Lee Mine, Hardin County, Illinois.

7th Jun 2022 18:40 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert

Baryte mixed with malachite from Kalu Kuluka Mine, Katanga Zaire, 3x2cm.

7th Jun 2022 18:43 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert

Baryte crystals completely covered by tiny purple fluorite crystals with quartz, Reymert Mine, Pinal Co. Az. 5mm fov.

7th Jun 2022 18:45 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert

A baryte on dolomite from one of the Keokuk Iowa geodes, 13x12mm.

7th Jun 2022 18:50 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert

Colorless baryte crystals with a fun inclusion of cinnabar and some metacinnabar on the side, Almaden Mine, Spain, 1cm fov.

7th Jun 2022 18:53 UTCV. Stingl

A one-time find from around 1964 from the Bürglkopf Mine, Hochfilzen, North Tyrol, Austria: Baryte on Calcite and Magnesite. 6 x 5,5 cm.

7th Jun 2022 18:57 UTCV. Stingl

Typical Baryte from Oberzeiring, Styria, Austria. 11 x 9 cm.

7th Jun 2022 19:03 UTCPaul Brandes 🌟 Manager

Another New Mexico baryte; this one from the other side of the Magdalena Mountains in Water Canyon.

7th Jun 2022 19:10 UTCV. Stingl

Cerro Warihuyin, Miraflores, Humalies Province, Peru. 2,5 x 2,5 cm.

7th Jun 2022 20:51 UTCKevin Conroy Manager

An oddity from Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico. A lustrous baryte "rose" is on a matrix that's colored by mottramite.

7th Jun 2022 21:25 UTCHarjo Neutkens Manager

A very very fine baryte we collected in Lompret, Belgium last year :-)

8th Jun 2022 01:44 UTCKevin Conroy Manager

Harjo Neutkens Manager ✉️

very fine baryte we collected in Lompret, Belgium last year

That's a superb self-collected specimen!

7th Jun 2022 21:32 UTCRichard Gibson 🌟

from Nador Morocco

7th Jun 2022 21:39 UTCLarry Maltby Expert

Barite and calcite, Cary Mine, Hurley, Wisconsin, Seaman Museum

8th Jun 2022 02:12 UTCJohn M Stolz Expert

Great composition on that piece!

7th Jun 2022 21:40 UTCLarry Maltby Expert

Barite on Manganite, Lucy Mine, Negaunee, Michigan, Seaman Museum

7th Jun 2022 22:09 UTCPaul Brandes 🌟 Manager

I know these specimens well. ;-)

7th Jun 2022 21:47 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert

Small sphere of baryte from Salina, Kansas, 18x15mm piece.

7th Jun 2022 21:48 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert

Cluster of baryte from the Palos Verdes, LA County California, 40x34mm.

7th Jun 2022 21:50 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert

From the Basin District, Jefferson Co. Montana, 45x30mm.

7th Jun 2022 21:56 UTCHarold (Hal) Prior Expert

Barite, Warden Point, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, England (5.8 x 3.5 x 3.9 centimeters)

7th Jun 2022 22:00 UTCHarold (Hal) Prior Expert

Barite on Quartz, Xichang, Sichuan, China (6.1 x 2.5 x 2.2 centimeters). Acquired form Rock Currier

7th Jun 2022 22:01 UTCLarry Maltby Expert

Frizington, Arlecdon & Frizington, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK

7th Jun 2022 22:03 UTCRobert Nowakowski

Larry, is that the Wayne State baryte?

7th Jun 2022 22:06 UTCLarry Maltby Expert

Yes Bob,

Click on the photo to read the dialog.

This is absolutely my No.1 favorite Barite. It is also my favorite Baryte!

8th Jun 2022 01:51 UTCRobert Nowakowski

Larry

I also like the back side just as much, with the beautiful blue color. We often switch display angles from front to back as each side is equally good.

Bob

7th Jun 2022 22:04 UTCHarold (Hal) Prior Expert

Barite, Midbladen, Morocco (5.0 x 3.4 x 1.7 centimeters). Acquired from Victor Yount in 1997

7th Jun 2022 22:17 UTCLarry Maltby Expert

Barite, Julcani Huancavelica, Peru, Seaman Museum

7th Jun 2022 22:38 UTCRuss Rizzo Expert

Barite septarium from Muddy Creek, Orderville, Kane County, Utah, USA

7th Jun 2022 23:33 UTCJamison K. Brizendine 🌟 Expert

Baryte, Annabel Lee Mine, Sub-Rosiclare Level, Harris Creek District, Hardin County, Illinois. This specimen was in the former collection of Tom Wiesner.

True psuedomorphs from the Southern Illinois Fluorspar District are very rare. The majority of specimens are primary in origin and are effectively sealed from being altered. This is an excellent example of a barite psuedomorphing an earlier celestine crystal, with the celestine crystal being completely dissolved away leaving a cast (an epimorph). The baryte also has these unusual twisted, rope-like forms as well. Sometimes my favorite Southern Illinois specimens aren't even the fluorites!

8th Jun 2022 01:48 UTCKevin Conroy Manager

Jamison K. Brizendine 🌟 Expert ✉️

This is an excellent example of a barite psuedomorphing an earlier celestine crystal

You're right, this is an excellent rare sample! Even here in the Midwest, most collectors will go a lifetime without ever seeing one of these in person.

8th Jun 2022 01:02 UTCRuss Rizzo Expert

Barite on petrified wood from Navajo County, Arizona, USA These were dug in 2008 by the late Ken Gochenouer.

8th Jun 2022 01:46 UTCTim Saunderson

Baryte crystal with a white phantom.

Specimen kindly provided by Alun Baines.

Moeraki Point, Waitaki District, Otago Region, New Zealand

8th Jun 2022 02:03 UTCHarold (Hal) Prior Expert

From Hammam Zariba mine, Hammam Zariba, Government of Zaghaoun, Tunisa (6.8 x 4.4 x 1.7 centimeters). Acquired in 1998 from Dan Weinrich.

8th Jun 2022 02:09 UTCKevin Conroy Manager

Harold (Hal) Prior Expert ✉️

From Hammam Zariba mine

Hi Hal,

These were initially thought to be barite, but testing showed they are celestine from

Hammam-Zriba Mine, Zriba-Village, Zaghouan, Tunisia

8th Jun 2022 02:32 UTCHarold (Hal) Prior Expert

Good call Kevin, I got it shortly after Dan acquired them - I will change the info in my database!! Hope all is well in St. Louis!! ......Hal

8th Jun 2022 02:13 UTCHarold (Hal) Prior Expert

Great Oakstone Andy Lawton!! Here is my favorite polished slice of "oakstone" variety of barite (8.2 x 1.6 x 3.1 centimeters). Acquired in 2003 from Frank Hissong.

8th Jun 2022 16:29 UTCAndy Lawton

I have a soft spot for the Arbor Low material. Here's an old rope-polished piece from the same locality.

8th Jun 2022 02:35 UTCHerwig Pelckmans

Larry Maltby Expert ✉️

This is absolutely my No.1 favorite Barite. It is also my favorite Baryte!

Thanks for making me chuckle, Larry, that was a fine one!

Cheers, Herwig

8th Jun 2022 14:20 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert

Here is one from the Magma Mine, Arizona, 25x15mm in size.

8th Jun 2022 14:22 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert

One from the Juanita Mine, Kelly Dist. NM, 25x20mm.

8th Jun 2022 14:25 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert

Nakaye Mine, Sierra Co. NM, 30x15mm.

8th Jun 2022 14:28 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert

Northumberland Mine Nevada, 9x8cm.

8th Jun 2022 14:31 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert

An unusual location piece I collected in about 1980 at the Getchell Mine, with realgar and orpiment, 4mm fov.

8th Jun 2022 15:23 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert

This one is an unknown location piece. It was in a box of material we got years ago and no information on it. Piece is 2cm across. This one also has a bit of yellowish-white fluorescence.

8th Jun 2022 16:41 UTCAndy Lawton

Secondary baryte with mimetite from Drygill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England. Fov ~ 20 mm.

8th Jun 2022 16:46 UTCJeff Weissman Expert

No discussion of ~~barite~~ baryte is complete without one of these examples of sand rose! This one's Norman, Oklahoma

8th Jun 2022 17:54 UTCDan Polhemus

For the group's consideration, a barite from the Muddy Creek area in Rio Grande Co., Colorado, on the west side of the San Luis Valley. The chalky white crystals contrast nicely with the tan matrix. The maximum dimension of the specimen is 6.7 cm.

8th Jun 2022 18:31 UTCKelly Nash 🌟 Expert

Many people believe that the finest U.S. barytes come from the Linwood Mine in Iowa, first found about 2011. There are some that are much bigger and with more "gemminess") than this 10 cm. cluster, but they're generally priced a ways beyond my budget.

8th Jun 2022 19:23 UTCHarold (Hal) Prior Expert

Washington County Barite Mining District, Washington County, Missouri, Barite (tiff) with secondary growth, clear, micro barite xls. (glass tiff”). Acquired from Earl Makin (Dickinson, Texas) collection in 1972. Size approximately 11.7 x 10.3 x 5.8 centimeters. Absence of typical red clay staining indicates it was probably cleaned significantly.

8th Jun 2022 19:30 UTCHarold (Hal) Prior Expert

From El Solar Mine, Taxco de Alarcón, Guerrero, Mexico (5.6 cm x 2.7 cm x 3.1 cm) Acquired from Dennis Beals in 1991.

8th Jun 2022 19:39 UTCHarold (Hal) Prior Expert

Dempsey Cogburn Barite deposit, Sulphur Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas (5.2 cm x 1.1 cm x 1.3 cm). Acquired from Christians Comment in 1987.

8th Jun 2022 20:30 UTCKevin Conroy Manager

This thread is taking quite a while to load due to the number of great photos so I'm going to close it and start a new version. Thank you to everyone for making this so interesting! I'll end it with a specimen from Shirley Basin, Wyoming, USA.

For Volume 2 please see: https://www.mindat.org/mesg-595846.html

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