Radian Barite

Item number: MIN0363

Price: EUR 260.00 

  Bigger tabular, honey-yellow brown slightly translucent  with selective deposition of luster and matte faces Radian Barite crystals up to 2,3 cm grown densely on the Quartz-porphyry (Paleoignimbrite) matrix.  Due to comparatively short decay of Radium (226Ra half-life = 1600 years) the specimen indicates a minor radioactivity.  At background of 0,080 µSv/h the α+β+γ radiation shows 0,252 µSv/h.  Rare and unusual good specimen.

Size 135x125x125 mm
Crystal size (max.) 23 mm
Weight 2129 g
Locality Lahošť (Jeníkov), Duchcov, Ústí Region, Czech Republic