Barite (Golden), Hay Creek, Meade Co., South Dakota, USA
An exquisite, well formed, lustrous honey-amber barite crystal collected in 1983 from this world class locality. Translucent to transparent, with mesmerizing internal refraction, it presents glassy crystal faces with razor sharp edge work all around. The steep chisel-shaped termination is nearly perfect, but for a tiny bird nip on the back side. Fluoresces deep orange and phosphoresces lemon yellow under UV illumination.
