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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 48300 |
| Mineral: | Celestine |
| Locality: | Sankoany Deposit, near Ketsepy, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar |
| Description: | Elongated transparent blue-gray tapered celestine (celestite) crystal surrounded by several smaller celestine crystals. The rear edge has a slender conchoidal cleavage face, probably where it intersected an adjacent crystal in the cavity. |
| Overall Size: | 6x5x4 cm |
| Crystals: | 3-42 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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