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Celestine On Calcite Psm Baryte

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Celestine On Calcite Psm Baryte

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Banská Štiavnica, Banská Štiavnica County, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.3 × 6.7 × 3.9 cm
Description

Celestine crystals on pseudomorphs of calcite after baryte. Very unique material, very good specimen.

Some of the calcite-baryte pseudomorph crystals are hollow. Therefore the specimen is very light.

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...

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White

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