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Bell's Mill, Bellwood, Blair Co., Pennsylvania, USA

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Celestine : SrSO4

Bell's Mill, Bellwood, Blair Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Type Locality specimen of fiberous Celestine from Bells Mill, Bellwood, Blair Co., Pennsylvania. Typical habit for this Dana locality and for the specimens with which Celestine was first analyzed in 1797. Old specimen, catalog #PA282 and lists item as decomissioned Carnegie Mineral Collection piece (no label remains). Specimen size: 5 x 3 x 1cm. ...
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Celestine : SrSO4

Bell's Mill, Bellwood, Blair Co., Pennsylvania, USA

A specimen of celestine from the type locality, note the atypical habit for this mineral, possibly pseudomorph after gypsum?
4 cm specimen. S352-05 #1293#
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