Baryte on Dolomite

A wonderful Baryte specimen from the Black Cloud featuring very sharp, well-formed, lustrous crystals of pale golden color Baryte “blades” associated with small white Dolomite rhombs on blue-grey Chalcedony matrix. Great quality for Baryte, and a nice change of pace from the other Leadville pieces that have the rich golden hue that we’re used to seeing.

The Black Cloud Mine was one of the most famous specimen producing locales in Leadville and was one of the last operating mines in Colorado when it closed in 1999. The Leadville mining district was the most productive silver-mining region in Colorado. As of 1963 the cumulative production of the area was 240 million troy ounces of Silver = $6.6 billion at today’s prices.

Ex. Brian Kosnar collection

Specimen# CO712B43