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Celestine

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Description
Locality: 
Hilltop Quarry, Esquesing Township, Halton Region, Ontario, Canada
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.6 × 4.7 × 4.6 cm
Description

Nodule, completely filled with rare crystalline orange celestine.

The color is due to the presence of Copper (ref. American Mineralogist, V64, p160-168, 1979).

Rare old find.

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...

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