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Celestine with Calcite from Lime City, Wood County, Ohio

 
Celestine with Calcite from Lime City, Wood County, Ohio

Celestine with Calcite from Lime City, Wood County, Ohio

Celestine with Calcite from Lime City, Wood County, Ohio

Celestine with Calcite from Lime City, Wood County, Ohio

Celestine with Calcite from Lime City, Wood County, Ohio

Celestine with Calcite from Lime City, Wood County, Ohio

Celestine with Calcite from Lime City, Wood County, Ohio

Celestine with Calcite from Lime City, Wood County, Ohio

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 55088
Mineral:Celestine with Calcite
Locality:Lime City, Wood County, Ohio
Description:Large cluster of bladed translucent blue-gray celestine (celestite) crystals to 22 mm with partial overgrowth of transparent colorless scalenohedral calcite crystals to 1 mm. The calcite fluoresces under UV illumination and phosphoresces in the dark.
Overall Size:11x10x7 cm
Crystals:1-22 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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