Colorado Barite, clear, milky white, blue and green Options

[Denise]

Here is a picture of some Colorado Barite we found while researching for the rally.
Colorado has several locations for Barite. It comes in several colors from clear, milky white, blues and greens.

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[MikeS]

While I was taking a break from washing material I looked at a nearby wall which was showing Calcite and Barite in it.




So I started picking at it and this beauty fell right out in front of me.







James and I attack the wall.





Day two everyone found more crystals. After no more luck with the wall I went back to scraping the top of the hill and washing for more small crystals. I opened up another cluster of bi-color Barite which fell apart but yielded several medium sized crystals with terminations. I will have more close-ups this week. Here is the reclaimed hole where I found the cluster.