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Celestine with Strontianite from Lime City Quarry, Wood County, Ohio

 
Celestine with Strontianite from Lime City Quarry, Wood County, Ohio

Celestine with Strontianite from Lime City Quarry, Wood County, Ohio

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Celestine with Strontianite from Lime City Quarry, Wood County, Ohio

DESCRIPTION:No. 52477
Mineral:Celestine with Strontianite
Locality:Lime City Quarry, Wood County, Ohio
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless celestine (celestite) crystals to 4 mm intermixed with acicular white strontianite crystals to 1 mm that fluoresce white under UV illumination and continue to phosphoresce after illumination is extinguished.
Overall Size:4x3x1.5 cm
Crystals:0.5-4.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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