Celestine with Aragonite
specimen number:
4571046
location:
Hammam-Zriba Mine, Zriba-Village, Zaghouan, Tunisia
description:
A beautiful combination piece with lustrous translucent blue crystals of terminated celestine measuring to 2.0 cm in size on a bed of snow white botryoidal crystallized aragonite. This is in terrific condition. The specimen would have been collected in the late 1990s. I was personally in this pocket area at that time. The specimen was likely collected by Laszlo Palinkas.
Size: 8.0 x 4.0 x 2.5 cm (small-cabinet)
Collection: Catherine J. & Bruce Paul Gaber
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