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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: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 9.5 × 4.8 cm
Description

Great old material from Machov - and a very uncommon piece. The celestite crystals are snowy white, thin, elongated, freestanding! They show excellent contrast to very strong saturated sulphur. All crystals are end-pointed, lustrous and undamaged!

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