Strontianite ps. After Celestine (fluorescent and phosphorescent)

Item Description

Lustrous, white strontianite partially pseudomorphs gray-blue celestine crystals on limestone matrix on this rich and showy specimen from Lime City. The large crystal is 3.1 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 1970s and early 1980s. The locality is now only sporadically accessible to collecting but these have not been found in some time, anyways. Seldom on the market today, except from older collections.