Colorado Barite, clear, milky white, blue and green |
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Colorado Barite, clear, milky white, blue and green |
 Mar 16 2007, 03:43 PM
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 Master Mucker!  Group: Admin Posts: 7,206 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4  |
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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Mar 17 2007, 03:34 PM
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Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 7,206 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4 |
Here is a picture of some thats milky white. Its the flip side to the smaller specimen with blue barite on the lower center of the last picture.
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Sep 2 2007, 02:12 PM
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 Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 4,149 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 3 |
A new stone for us to work in....very very soft material but wow!!!
 This is some of Colorado's barite we found.....and turned into this!   A friend had done a few cabs from this material and had them on display at the BV show. You can see why were motivated to try a piece or two ourselves....  Enjoy CP
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Sep 3 2007, 07:40 AM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 411 Joined: 20-February 07 From: Richland Mississippi Member No.: 994 |
cool cabs dan,ya would'nt think by looking at the rough that it would cab at all.i guess that you never know til ya try.jim
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Sep 9 2007, 12:15 AM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 13-July 07 Member No.: 1,483 |
After reading this thread I think I may of found some barite and I never knew what it was. Is it found in the san juans; is it volcanic? Im no geologist and never know exactly what to look for, what is the host rock it is found on?
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Sep 10 2007, 09:24 AM
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Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 4,149 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 3 |
Thanks Jim .....may just have to do a couple more of em'
Goes to show ya' tho...just never know what it's gonna' come out in the end!  I'm no geologist either 4C but I think it is an after effect of volcanic activity, but occurs in clays found in the limestone beds. The limestone is part of the Pennsylvania Maroon formation of the Permian age and is sedimentary. Also found info that said calcium carbonate may encrust the surface. While we did research online we did keep finding reference to the San Juan area but not any specifics as to locals with the barites......Hopefully you did find some though.....and more importantly, can find the deposit again. We would all love to see some pics of your San Juan barites 4C if you have any to post handy. A couple other interesting tid bits........ Barite (contains the heavy metal Barium) is used both in paper and paint manufacturing.  I'm no doctor either but I think they may have uses for barium in the medical fields as well. If you leave the Hartsel barites out in the sun the ultraviolet rays will deepen the blue colors.  Colorado has some really cool digs! Have I ever mentioned that?  CP -------------------- CP-Owner/Administrator
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Sep 10 2007, 10:27 PM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 13-July 07 Member No.: 1,483 |
I'll try and find some pieces, I bet the stuff I have is just quartz, but I'll post some photos if I can find this stuff. The pieces were above the treeline I think and I'm sure the area is volcanic, everything else makes sense too... just can't remember exactly what this stuff looked like. I found it just northeast of Silverton in the mine dumps, so I dont know what formation it came from.
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Sep 23 2007, 11:15 AM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 13-July 07 Member No.: 1,483 |
Well, I have looked pretty hard and even cleaned out my shed but no Barite in sight. I think it must of been quartz, I found a large "pocket" of quartz in my shed, lol, and I think it was the stuff I thought was barite, darn!
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 Nov 12 2015, 08:48 AM
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A Barite specimen that Crusty gifted me this summer. Not exactly sure where he got it but very nice! Thank you again Mike.
  Barite by GhostCreekMine, on Flickr Barite 2.1 by GhostCreekMine, on Flickr
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Nov 13 2015, 06:31 AM
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 Master Mucker! Group: Members Posts: 2,430 Joined: 6-June 13 From: Falcon, CO Member No.: 82,915 |
You're welcome!
Came from the private land dig in Hartsel. Fun day trip from the SPrings, great place to take kids to get them digging. Just gotta stop by the rock shop in town, pay $5 and they'll give you directions. -------------------- Find Colorado Prospector on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/170314493176558
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Nov 15 2015, 12:08 AM
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 Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 730 Joined: 6-July 14 From: Grant, CO Member No.: 117,890 |
Fancy in the Pantcy.
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Jan 27 2016, 01:57 PM
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 Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 264 Joined: 18-February 15 From: Aurora Member No.: 120,144 |
Trying to keep sane over the winter. Here are some Barite samples I found this week in NE Colorado. Still had to hike through about a mile of snow but if theres a will... These are hopefully leading me to a pocket big enough to hold fully developed crystals. A few of the small ones do have some gemmy qualities.
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Jan 27 2016, 04:05 PM
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Master Mucker! Group: Members Posts: 2,430 Joined: 6-June 13 From: Falcon, CO Member No.: 82,915 |
Cool stuff!! Hope you find the good stuff!
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Jan 31 2016, 12:00 PM
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 Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 898 Joined: 9-January 14 From: Denver, CO Member No.: 116,265 |
Nice Barite find James! A little more room for crystals to form and that could be a big find!
I have finally found a little bit of blue Barite in the NE. We started to find it in what appears to be tube formations left behind by old root systems in the clay. Ian found a few hollow tubes of Calcite that had nice little blue Barite crystals on the colorless calcite. The tubes with all Barite are gemmy and blue in the center but do not clean up very well so far. Not much for good crystal formation in these tubes. Yesterday Dave and I found a thin 30ft long crack in the clay that was showing Barite along it. I dug at it for a hour or so before we left and found a tiny pocket space where the Barite tried to form some crystals which gives me hope that larger open areas may be under there with good crystal forms.
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Jan 31 2016, 12:36 PM
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Master Mucker! Group: Members Posts: 2,430 Joined: 6-June 13 From: Falcon, CO Member No.: 82,915 |
Hate it when you get so close and then have to leave before you get to the good stuff. Hope it opens up on your next trip!
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