Celestite
UNB-2020-0022Minerals » Sulphates
Description
Original Description: *Incomplete.
Celestite (SrSO4) can be white, colourless, bluish or reddish in colour. Lustre is vitreous or pearly and streak is white. Hardness is 3 to 3 1/2 and cleavage is perfect in one direction, good in a second direction and distinct in a third direction. Celestite usually occurs as thin to thick tabular crystals but can also be fibrous, cleavage masses, nodular, granular (rare) or lamellar.
Specifications
| Object name | Celestite |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2020-0022 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Mineral |
| Classification | Mineral group: Sulphates |
| Origin | Madagascar |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- Chesterman, C.W. 1979. Audubon Society, Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals. Knopf.