Celestine from Machów Mine, Tarnobrzeg, Poland
Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
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Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 81467
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| Mineral: | Celestine
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| Locality: | Machów Mine, Tarnobrzeg, Poland |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent pale-brown celestine (celestite) crystals with minor yellow sulfur on the bottom. The celestine crystals are tapered prismatic form, they fluoresce under SW-LW UV illumination, and phosphoresce when illumination is extinguished. Collected ca. 1989 |
| Overall Size: | 6x5x4.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 3-20 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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