#MinCup25 Round 2 Match 3: It's a heavyweight match between industrial powerhouses as soft #baryte competes against rusty red #hematite.

Vote: https://www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r2m03
Results: https://www.mineralcup.org/2025/results/r2m03

Silver vs Baryte (planetary science edition)

Silver occurs as trace element in primitive chondrites and iron meteorites. Silver isotope ratios for chondrites are similar to those on Earth suggesting no fractionation.

Baryte has not yet been detected on Mars but calcium sulfates are common and some rocks in Gale crater are enriched in barium.

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A page on #baryte found in Nova Scotia by Ronnie Van Dommelen. To quote: "The best use for barite, however, is as a beautiful mineral specimen!"

http://nsminerals.atspace.com/barite.html

The photos unfortunately have no scale indicated (except for the early1950's Willys Wagon).

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#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 5: Are you ready for beautiful utility as sparkling #Silver competes against hefty #Baryte?

Vote: https://www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1m05

Results: https://www.mineralcup.org/2025/results/r1m05

Fantastic Blue #Baryte from the Jebel Ouichane Mines, Beni Boufrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region, #Morocco; 9 cm.

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