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Celestine & Siderite

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Celestine & Siderite

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Description
Locality: 
Quien Tal Pensara Mine, Pilar de Jaravia, Pulpí, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.7 × 6 × 4.2 cm
Weight: 
172.00gr
Description

Very nice group of bluish-white celestite crystals on matrix of siderite from this famous Spanish mine. The piece comes from an old collection, today it is impossible to find a new piece there, the mines are closed and the surroundings have been declared a protected landscape.

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...

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

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