2 minerals and a crystal effect i love, and why i like this

in #geology7 years ago (edited)

Baryte or barite (BaSO4) is a mineral consisting of barium sulfate.
The baryte group consists of baryte, celestine, anglesite and anhydrite. Baryte is generally white or colorless, and is the main source of barium.
Baryte and celestine form a solid solution (Ba,Sr)SO4.
Barytt representasjon.jpg
(Source: a image post i made for my Facebook site)
(in the illustration i have written Barytt, that is the Norwegian name, i forgot my self when i made it)

Calcite is a carbonate mineral and the most stable polymorph of calcium carbonate. and a very common mineral.
Calcite crystals.jpg
(Source: a image post i made for my Facebook site)

Phantom crystals. Its most common to find quartz phantom crystals, simply because quartz is so extremely common mineral and easy to find.
But the phantom effect can be seen in many other mineral crystals too.
crystals grow in many ways just like a tree, layer upon layer.
And some time one of those layers get polluted, and get another colour then the other layers because of this, and then when it get a lot of pure layers over that, the polluted layer will look like a ghost crystal inside the crystal, and that is what we call a phantom crystal.
phantom-quartz-crystal 03.jpg
(Source: a image post i made for my Facebook site)

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