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Celestine On Native Sulphur

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Celestine On Native Sulphur

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Description
Locality: 
Floristella Mine, Enna, Enna Province, Sicily, Italy
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.5 × 7 × 4.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.70cm
Description

Very good column-like white celestine crystals with very good luster on native sulphur. Needs a little trimming, then it could be almost perfect. Hard to photograph white, translucent to transparent crystals. Much better in nature.

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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