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Strontianite With Calcite

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Strontianite With Calcite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Bertha Mine, Ottmarsbocholt, Münster, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 2.7 × 1.6 cm
Description

Different arborescent aggregates of spiky, ivory-white, curved strontianite crystals in a cavity of white calcite. Good representative specimen, where the strontianite crystals from the rare Bertha mine, that show also whitish-blue fluorescence under ultraviolet light. 

Acquired in 18/11/1982. Ex Gustaaf collection #468, with his handwritten label. 

Combine specimens to reduce shipping costs!.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Strontianite

Formula: 
SrCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Strontian, North West Highlands (Argyllshire), Scotland, UK

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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