AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Ohio > Celestine |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 48349 |
Mineral: | Celestine |
Locality: | Lime City Quarry, Wood County, Ohio |
Description: | Lustrous transparent blue celestine (celestite) crystals with white cloudy areas on the edges where they began to alter to strontianite. The celestine crystals have hexagonal form with striated termination faces. |
Overall Size: | 8x5.5x3.5 cm |
Crystals: | 4-24 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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