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Witherite
Carbonate Minerals
Witherite is barium carbonate, BaCO
3
. Witherite is rare because it easily alters to the sulfate mineral
barite
. Its high density is distinctive.
Photo courtesy Dave Dyet via Wikimedia Commons
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