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Baryte
Specimen detail: druse of XX till 1cm with green color and black phantoms due to coal inclusions. From an old mine
13x12cm
Barbusi, Carbonia, Carbonia-Iglesias. Italy
Specimen n.462

Another photo: entire specimen

Baryte
Another baryte specimen from Barbusi area (Conca sa Craba is an abandoned old baryte mine, near Carbonia).
It is evident (in the bigger X, 3.8 cm high) that the phantom picture has three clearly different moments: the inner part is darker for coal inclusions and the external part is transparent, nearly free of inclusions. This photo is a detail of a large piece covered by similar Baryte XX.
17x12cm
Conca Sa Craba, Barbusi, Carbonia, Carbonia-Iglesias. Italy
Specimen n.566

Baryte
Pale blue X, transparent and well defined, 3.2cm long, grown on a calcite matrix; the piece is covered by aragonite in globular and "flos ferri" formation.
10x10cm
Sa Corona Sa Craba, Barbusi, Carbonia, Carbonia-Iglesias. Italy
Specimen n.760

Another photo: entire piece

Baryte
Pale blue XX, semi-transparent, edge max 2.3 cm; with globular calcite and iron oxides. The detail in this photo show a twinned formation of two XX, well formed, in a sort of "V" shaped formation similar to another piece in my collection (manganoan Calcite from Romania, specimen n.331). Sa Corona sa Craba (The Crown of the Goat, in local language) is a grotto, closed in 1988, where this kind of baryte was found during 1978 
14x13cm
Sa Corona Sa Craba, Barbusi, Carbonia, Carbonia-Iglesias. Italy
Specimen n.548