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Celestine With Strontianite

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Celestine With Strontianite

ex coll. Wittig
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Am Soldatenbusch, Obergembeck, GembeckWaldeck-Frankenberg, Hesse, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 6.7 × 3.5 cm
Description

A very nice specimen of very rarely seen German celestine (blue-gray) with white strontianite.

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...

Strontianite

Formula: 
SrCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Strontian, North West Highlands (Argyllshire), Scotland, UK

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