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Strontianite Celestine

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Strontianite Celestine

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Description
Locality: 
Daniel Adit, Schwarzleo District, Schwarzleograben, Hütten, Saalfelden, Salzburg, Austria
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

X-ray-analyzed: the white needles are celestine but I don't know yet what the black aggregates might be.

Most probably goethite.

Very strange and unusual specimen.

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

Celestine

Formula: 
SrSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bell's Mill, Bellwood, Blair Co., Pennsylvania, USA...

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