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Celestine with Calcite from Machow Mine, Tarnobrzeg, Poland

 
Celestine with Calcite from Machow Mine, Tarnobrzeg, Poland

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Celestine with Calcite from Machow Mine, Tarnobrzeg, Poland

DESCRIPTION:No. 38715
Mineral:Celestine with Calcite
Locality:Machow Mine, Tarnobrzeg, Poland
Description:Lustrous transparent golden celestine crystals with elongated, tapering crystal habit with remnants of orange calcite in the center. The calcite originally encapsulated the celestine. The celestine and calcite fluoresces under UV illumination.
Overall Size:5x5x4 cm
Crystals:1-40 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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