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Celestine

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Celestine

Collected by John & Robert Lawson

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Description
Locality: 
Moneen Quarry, Castlebar, County Mayo, Irish Republic (Eire)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 7.2 × 5.7 cm
Weight: 
600.00gr
Description

A very rare locality example of heavy, dark fossiliferous limestone matrix with a cavity 6.5cm wide lined with white celestine crystals. The Moneen Quarry is the only locality in the Republic of Ireland where celestine is known. LC

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...

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