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Strontianite

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Strontianite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Sattlerkogel, Veitsch, Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6.6 × 7.9 × 4.3 cm
Description

A tree-formed aggregate; free-standingand set in the center of light matrix. Please note that stronitianite is a very rare mineral and usually it forms only ugly and just tiny crystals. Oberndorf in the very best and only locality that produced crystals in this quality and dimension! A more uncommon piece from this famous - and now defunct - locality.

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