Strontianite ps. After Celestine (Feist Coll.)

Item Description

A STRIKING and SUPERB Ohio LARGE CABINET specimen of lustrous, white strontianite partially pseudomorphing gray celestine crystals on limestone matrix. The huge crystal is 5.3 cm! The crystals look hexagonal, but are in fact, parallel growth. They are WHITE fluorESCENT and PHOSPHORESCENT! This very striking two-toned habit is unusual and was found only a few times in the late 70s and early 80s. The locality is now only sporadically accessible to collecting but these have not been found in some time, anyways. The bit of bruising and periphery damage is certainly not detracting to this INCREDIBLY rich piece. One of the very best of these, that I have seen. It displays very well without any aid. Ex George Feist Collection. Feist was noted for the quality and breadth of his Missouri and midwest suites