Celestine

  
 
  
  
  
Origin: Sakoany Mine, Majunga, Madagascar
Sample size: 14.5 x 11 x 8 cm (top/2nd row), 9.8 x 8.3 x 6.8 cm (3rd/4th/bottom row)
 
  
Origin: roadcut near Salem, Washington Co., Indiana, U.S.A.
Sample size: 6.8 x 5.7 x 4.5 cm
 
  
Origin: Leogang, Salzburg, Austria
Sample size: 7 x 4 x 3 cm
 
Origin: Meckley''s Quarry, Mandata, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Sample size: 2.7 x 2.8 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Origin: Edward Kraemer & Sons Inc. quarry (White Rock quarry), Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio, U.S.A.
Sample size: 13 x 7 x 7 cm
 
  
  
Snow white botryoidal calcite in a "knob" studded with many pale blue crystals of celestite to 5 mm in size.
Origin: Mojina mine, Rancho de Mojina, Constitucion, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex Marvin Pearce collection
Sample size: 5.5 x 6.5 x 9.5 cm
 
  
Origin: Aquathuna, Newfoundland, Canada
Ex Marvin Pearce collection; ex Dave Joyce specimen
Sample size: 7.5 x 7 x 5.3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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