Baryte

Araya, Aga city, Higashi-Kambara county, Niigata pref., Japan

Field of view: 5 mm. Baryte associated with siderite. The thin tabular crystals with truncated edges are baryte. The rounded brown crystals perched on baryte are siderite.

Recovered from an open space of a quartz vein of a moderate-temperature hydrothermal deposit associated with rhyolite. Formed in the early Miocene (21 Ma).

Baryte from this location was described in 1952.

Other localities

List of Japanese baryte localities

Kosaka Mine (Kuroko, Tabular)
Mikawa Mine (Hydrothermal, Tabular)
Yunosawa Mine (Hydrothermal, Tabular)
Katsuyama Mine (Hydrothermal, Thick Tabular)
Takatoku Mine (Hydrothermal, Thick Tabular)
Kawazura Mine (Bedded Mn, Massive)