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Meißelspat

A variety of Baryte
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About MeißelspatHide

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Formula:
BaSO4
Name:
After the German word Meißel for chisel.
German name for chisel-shaped baryte crystals.


Name EncodingHide

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ASCII-7:
Meisselspat

Unique IdentifiersHide

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Mindat ID:
31417 (as Meißelspat)
549 (as Baryte)
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:31417:6 (as Meißelspat)
mindat:1:1:549:0 (as Baryte)

Chemistry of MeißelspatHide

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Mindat Formula:
BaSO4
Element Weights:
Element% weight
Ba58.840 %
O27.421 %
S13.739 %

Calculated from ideal end-member formula.

Other InformationHide

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Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

Internet Links for MeißelspatHide

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https://www.mindat.org/min-31417.html
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References for MeißelspatHide

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Reference List:

Localities for MeißelspatHide

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- World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Germany
  • Baden-Württemberg
    • Freiburg Region
      • Ortenaukreis
        • Oberwolfach
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