Cream-Colored Strontianite on Matrix

Cream-Colored Strontianite on Matrix from National Limestone Co. Quarry, Lime Ridge, Mount Pleasant Mills, Perry Township, Snyder Co., Pennsylvania

Collection

Robert Lavinsky

Description

An interesting looking specimen of a 2.0 cm, radial aggregate of translucent, cream-colored Strontianite perched atop a box-work limestone matrix covered with Calcite and colorless Fluorite microcrystals. The Fluorite fluoresces purple and the Strontianite has light-yellow fluorescence.

Locality

National Limestone Co. Quarry, Lime Ridge, Mount Pleasant Mills, Perry Township, Snyder Co., Pennsylvania

Dimensions

4.7 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm.


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