Abstract
Single crystals of barite grown in this laboratory by a chemically reacted flux method have been cleaved parallel to (001) and (110) planes and the cleavage faces have been studied by multiple beam interferometry. The cleavage faces were etched in HCl and H2SO4 and the etch patterns were compared with those produced on the cleavage faces of natural crystals. The density of dislocations in the synthetic crystals was generally less than the density of dislocations in the natural crystals. From the study of etch patterns on cleavage faces of natural and synthetic crystals it appears that both screw and edge dislocations are present in natural crystals of barite while only edge dislocations are present in the synthetic crystals.
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