Celestine on Aragonite
specimen number:
1259837
location:
Hammam-Zriba Mine, Zriba-Village, Zaghouan Governorate, Tunisia
description:
Interesting very pale blue to colorless crystals of celestine to 2.5 cm across studded across the top of a 6.0 x 5.0 x 4.0 cm botryoidal stalactitic aragonite matrix. Sits nicely by itself for display, extremely minor and minimal micro-chipping present. Overall in very good condition. This appears to have a celestine core with aragonite along the outside. Neat locality piece collected in the very early 2000's shipping weight: 0.43 pounds.
Size: 6.0 x 5.0 x 4.0 cm (small-cabinet)
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