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Celestine & Sulphur

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Celestine & Sulphur

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Description
Locality: 
Machów Mine, Tarnobrzeg City County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.6 × 6.6 × 4.4 cm
Description

The celestine crystals are highly lustrous, end-pointed, sharp terminated and flawless. One crystal raise up vertically, the crystals to left and right hand-side are in a 45°angle to the central one. They are completely freestanding at the top and in the center of matrix and in combination with several dark yellow sulphur crystals, which are also very glossy. No significant damages to report.

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...

Sulphur

Formula: 
S8
Strunz: 
1.CC.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.5