Double Barite Rose Rock Otodus 5” and weighs 3 pounds

5” and weighs 3 pounds 12 ounces

but other important localities include Burma

This specimen was found in the Orange River area within the Karas region of Namibia

Outside fluoresces a red and white

and rarely blue

Double Barite Rose Rock Otodus 5” and weighs 3 poundsThe reddish brown rock consists of sandy crystals of barite (barium sulphate) in petal like clusters that resemble a rose in full bloom. Most Rose Rocks are one half inch to four inches in diameter and consist of five to twenty radiating petals. Deposited 250 million years ago during the Permian Period of geological time, the rocks are usually found in Oklahomas Garber sandstone formations. Because barite is harder and more durable than sandstone, the