Radian Barite

Item number: MIN0364

Price: EUR 295.00 

(incl. sales tax 7%).Gross price is indicated for recipient country = Germany. Net EUR 275.70. Amount of sales tax depends on delivery address (EU sales tax reform as of July 1, 2021). Country setting can be changed in the shopping cart.

  Bigger tabular, honey-yellow brown slightly translucent  with selective deposition of luster and matte faces Radian Barite crystals up to 2,4 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 0,059 µSv/h the α+β+γ radiation shows 0,203 µSv/h.  Rare and unusual good specimen.

Size 265x105x135 mm
Crystal size (max.) 24 mm
Weight 4223 g
Locality Lahošť (Jeníkov), Duchcov, Ústí Region, Czech Republic

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