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Celestine

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Celestine

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Description
Locality: 
Sakoany, Katsepy, Mitsinjo, Boeny, Madagascar
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.9 × 7.3 × 4.9 cm
Description

A gedoe filled with countless water-clear, highly lustrous celestine crystals in this wonderful sky-blue color. One isolated main crystal is set exposed in the center. Really a good sample from this well known 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...