Barytocalcite

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Barytocalcite
Barytocalcite is a barium calcium carbonate mineral with chemical formula: BaCa(CO3)2. It crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system typically as massive to druzey accumulations of transparent white to yellow to grey aggregates of slender prismatic crystals. It has a Mohs hardness of 4 and a specific gravity of 3.64 to 3.66.
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Barytocalcite

General Information:
 Chemical Formula:
BaCa(CO3)2
 Composition:
(Molecular Weight = 297.42 gm)
Barium 46.17 % Ba
Calcium 13.48 % Ca
Carbon 8.08 % 
Oxygen 32.28 % 
 Empirical Formula:
BaCa(CO3)2
 Name Origin:
Named from its chemical composition.
Physical Properties:
 Cleavage:
[110] Perfect, [101] Perfect, [001] Distinct
 Color:
white, yellow, gray, or greenish gray.
 Density:
3.64 - 3.66, Average = 3.65
 Diaphaniety:
Transparent to translucent
 Habits:
Druse - Crystal growth in a cavity which results in numerous crystal tipped surfaces., Massive - Granular - Common texture observed in granite and other igneous rock., Prismatic - Cry stals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. t
 Hardness:
4 - Fluorite
 Luminescence:
None.
 Luster:
Vitreous - Resinous
 Streak:
white
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