Barite occurs as white tabular plates or rosettes, on chlorite and in weathered zones, and as chunky white bipyramids. Barite can be found with chabazite, gypsum, analcime, and harmotome-phillipsite. Below:…
Bickers Quarry, Northland, New Zealand
Bickers Quarry (originally described as Simpkins Quarry) has been owned by Mr. S. Bicker. It is on the north side of Tokatoka Road, a short way east of the junction…
Moeraki Point, Otago, New Zealand
Moeraki Point (also known as the Moeraki Headland) is the rocky promontory that forms the southern arm of the bay where the Moeraki Boulders are found, in the Otago region…
Barite, Siderite, Bickers Quarry, New Zealand
Below: White-colourless zoned barite, with dark brown siderite, Bickers Quarry (Simpkins Quarry), Tokatoka, Kaipara District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand. Width of view 3mm.