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Celestine & Selenite

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Celestine & Selenite

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Description
Locality: 
Quien Tal Pensara Mine, Pilar de Jaravia, Pulpí, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 9.2 × 4.2 cm
Description

Groups of acicular celestine crystals in radial distribution included in a large selenite crystal. Paragenesis really aesthetic. I would like to make a better photo of this material. Nice!

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
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