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Celestine On Sulphur

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Description
Locality: 
Sicily, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.6 × 5.7 × 4.6 cm
Weight: 
176.00gr
Description

Radial aggregate of white celestine crystals with moderate lustre, in a matrix with minor sulphur. Probably from the Floristella mine, it shows blueish and pink fluorescence under long UV waves and white fluorescence under short UV waves.

Acquired in 22/07/1973. Ex Gustaaf collection #199, with his handwritten label.

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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...

Sulphur

Formula: 
S8
Strunz: 
1.CC.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.5

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