Here is a small cabinet sized specimen showing a combination of transparent, light blue, baryte crystals alongside pointed light-brown calcite. These well-formed tabular crystals came from a lesser-known locality in Colchester County in Nova Scotia. Reminiscent of the blue barytes from Cumbria, England. From the collection of Ronny Van Dommelen. A nice matrix specimen!
From Mindat:
"An isolated mass of barite in a roadcut on Lynn Road. Discovered by Dick McAllister about the year 2000. The mass was roughly 2 ft across and consisted of friable pinkish massive barite. On the outside of the mass were grayish blue crystals. The crystals had good transparency and were attractive. Very dirty calcite crystals were also found nearby. A search of the surrounding area produced no additional barite."*
*https://www.mindat.org/loc-294530.html
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