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Celestine On Sulphur

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Celestine On Sulphur

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Caltanissetta, Sicily, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.7 × 5 × 3.6 cm
Description

Gemmy lustrous crystals of celestine on a thick crust of crystallized sulphur matrix. Intense fluorescence under long and short ultraviolet illumination. Beautiful!.

Acquired in 1965, it is an Ex. Marcel Cromphout specimen (#972).

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

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