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Celestine

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Celestine

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Description
Locality: 
Marada, Ajdabiya, Al Wahat District, Libya
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 6.2 × 6.1 cm
Description

This is a fantastic specimen - celestine from Libya is an exceptional rarity! And the few samples that ever were found are to 95% colorless or beige - what we have here is a fantastic dimension, lustrous faces, sharp termination and central main crystals in parallel growth, framed with freestanding elongated regular smaller crystals. This cluster is much more tridimensional in person and all crystal are end-pointed, sharp and lustrous - on same  high quality all around and much more better in person. But the most important indicator is for sure the locality - in 30 years I saw only 2 of them! 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Celestine

Formula: 
SrSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
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