Bladed barylite Photo by Violet Anderson Royal Ontario Museum Barylite is an extremely rare mineral at MSH, having only a few specimens recovered. It is a late stage mineral in the paragenesis.
Color is usually colourless to white.
Luster is vitreous. Diaphaneity is transparent. Crystal Habits include very thin elongated, bladed single crystals and as divergent groups of crystals to 5mm. Fracture has not been observed. Hardness is 7.