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Celestine with Calcite from Ottawa Silica Company Quarry, Rockwood, Monroe County, Michigan

 
Celestine with Calcite from Ottawa Silica Company Quarry, Rockwood, Monroe County, Michigan

Celestine with Calcite from Ottawa Silica Company Quarry, Rockwood, Monroe County, Michigan

DESCRIPTION:No. 59190
Mineral:Celestine with Calcite
Locality:Ottawa Silica Company Quarry, Rockwood, Monroe County, Michigan
Description:Lustrous transparent bluish-white celestine (celestite) crystal with pointed chisel-shaped termination and a few scattered 1-2 mm colorless scalenohedral calcite crystals on the rear prism face. Large celestine crystals are now difficult to obtain.
Overall Size:9x5x1.5 cm
Crystals:1-90 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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