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Celestine On Fluorite

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Celestine On Fluorite

ex collection Gunter Zimmermann
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Description
Locality: 
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 6.6 × 5.1 cm
Description

Very nice blue celestine crystals on big, dark brown-purple fluorite crystals. Since it's sensational find in 2013 celestine specimen from the okorusus mine have already become scarce.

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...

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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