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Celestine & Calcite

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Celestine & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Lime City, Wood County, Ohio, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4 × 5 × 2.8 cm
Description

A very nice gem celestite with calcite on matrix from the Lime City Quarry in Wood Co., Ohio, USA! The celestite crystals are very gemmy and have a nice light blue color to them, while the calcite is quite lustrous and gemmy and of a deep yellow color. Trivial edgewear but no significant damage.

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
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