Machow Mine, Tarnobrzeg
50.5408° N, 21.6433° E · ± 1 km
Barite from Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, with photos of specimens from this locality.
Minerals found here
Barite at Machow Mine, Tarnobrzeg
Amber to golden-brown barite crystals growing in a sulphur-bearing limestone horizon.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
- Formula
- BaSO₄
- Morphology
- Prismatic crystals in divergent sprays
- Typical size
- Crystals up to about 5 cm
- Color / luster
- White-gray to golden brown (amber on the pictured specimen), glassy
Geology of the locality
- Setting
- Post-depositional native sulphur deposit in a vuggy limestone layer above gypsum and anhydrite beds; barite occurs in the sulphur-bearing horizon.
- Type
- Sedimentary
- Host rock
- Vuggy limestone
- Region
- Subcarpathian Voivodeship
- Country
- Poland
Former opencast sulphur mine, flooded and converted into a recreational lake (opened to the public in 2010). Coordinates converted from the degrees-minutes-seconds on the Mindat locality page.
Sources
- SRC-220 · Database
Machow Mine, Tarnobrzeg, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland (Mindat locality 2569)Mindat contributors · Mindat.org - SRC-219 · Website
File:Baryte-27431.jpg (Wikimedia Commons file page, read via osmand mirror)Lavinsky, R.M. (photographer); Wikimedia Commons contributors · Wikimedia Commons
Draft data from the Provenite workbook. Check entries against the cited sources before relying on them. Photos are open-licence images from Wikimedia Commons; the author and licence are given with each photo.