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Celestine In Selenite With Siderite

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Celestine In Selenite With Siderite

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Description
Locality: 
Quien Tal Pensara Mine, Pilar de Jaravia, Pulpí, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.8 × 5.3 × 5 cm
Description

Acicular white celestine crystals growing in transparent gypsum. Black siderite crystals on the side and backside.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Celestine

Formula: 
SrSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bell's Mill, Bellwood, Blair Co., Pennsylvania, USA...

Selenite

Variety Of: 

Gypsum

Formula: 
CaSO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Hardness: 
0.0

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

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