...is the Sulfate of the metal Barium. In german, this mineral is called ´ Schwerspat´
because of it´s high weight per volume of 4,48. The crystals belong to the orthorhombic system. Baryt often appears in hydrothermal veins, or it´s build
syngenetically in sediments.

Photos
 

<< left:
´green´ baryte from a
hydrothermal vein.
Handstein Mine near
Oberscheld, Lahn-
Dill-Kreis, Hessen,
Germany.
Size about 8 mms
< left:
baryte in a chert-
filled druse,
same location,
size about 12 mms
Down Left
More baryts from
Handstein, clear as
glass. size about
15 mms
 
 

Note: I´m still working on that page. More Photos of some newly collected Baryts will appear here soon ! 
 
 
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