Celestine Geode

SrSO4 - Mohs Hardness: 3 - 3 1/2. Celestine is an attractive mineral consisting of stronitum sulfate that forms in well-shaped crystals with a distinctive blue color. While pure Celestine is colorless, various impurities give this mineral a wider range of colors, especially the unique blue color. Celestine geodes with sky-blue crystals are well-known and abundant from Madagascar. Celestine is the principal source of the element stronitum commonly used in fireworks and in various metal alloys.
Abstract/Description: SrSO4 - Mohs Hardness: 3 - 3 1/2. Celestine is an attractive mineral consisting of stronitum sulfate that forms in well-shaped crystals with a distinctive blue color. While pure Celestine is colorless, various impurities give this mineral a wider range of colors, especially the unique blue color. Celestine geodes with sky-blue crystals are well-known and abundant from Madagascar. Celestine is the principal source of the element stronitum commonly used in fireworks and in various metal alloys.
Subject(s): Madagascar, Africa
environmental sciences
Title: Celestine Geode.
Type of Resource: still image
Genre: natural object
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Abstract/Description: SrSO4 - Mohs Hardness: 3 - 3 1/2. Celestine is an attractive mineral consisting of stronitum sulfate that forms in well-shaped crystals with a distinctive blue color. While pure Celestine is colorless, various impurities give this mineral a wider range of colors, especially the unique blue color. Celestine geodes with sky-blue crystals are well-known and abundant from Madagascar. Celestine is the principal source of the element stronitum commonly used in fireworks and in various metal alloys.
Identifier(s): rockminx-6-3-3 (IID)
Subject(s): Madagascar, Africa
environmental sciences
Held by: The University of Toledo
Location: Digital Initiatives, University of Toledo Libraries
Rights Statement: NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
Related Title: Ruth Jacobs Collection.
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