Mineral of the Month Barite
5 average Cleavage: very goodStreak: whiteColour: Colourless, white, blue, red, yellow, orange, pink, purple, brown gray, black and green. May also be multicoloured and banded. Occurrence: It most often occurs in hydrothermal veins, leadzinc veins in limestones and with hematite ore. Habitat: It is usually found as colourless or massive mineral, but may form prismatic or tabular crystals as ...