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Strontianite on Calcite from National Limestone Quarry, Mount Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania

 
Strontianite on Calcite from National Limestone Quarry, Mount Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania

Strontianite on Calcite from National Limestone Quarry, Mount Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Strontianite on Calcite from National Limestone Quarry, Mount Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania

DESCRIPTION:No. 59223
Mineral:Strontianite on Calcite
Locality:National Limestone Quarry, Mount Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania
Description:Translucent pale-yellow elongated scalenohedral strontianite crystals in spherical aggregates to 2.5 mm diameter scattered over lustrous transparent blue-gray calcite crystals to 4 mm. The strontianite fluoresce white under SW UV illumination. Ex. B. Gaber collection #1821
Overall Size:5x3x2.5 cm
Crystals:0.5-4.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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