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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: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 4.9 × 4.5 cm
Description

Massive, blocky celestite crystals with sharp terminated edges and highly lustrous faces perched on intense yellow sulphur. Great quality of celestite and really a fine contrast. A very fine sample from this famous locality.

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