Type and Dana Locality for the mineral Celestine, which Occurs in thin seams of a pale greyish blue and parallel-fiberous crystals. specimens from this locality had been analyzed as early as 1797 by the German mineralogist M. H. Klaproth. (Beitrage zur Chemischen Kenniniss der Mineralkorper, II, pgs. 92-98)
Ref.: Klaproth, M.H. (1797) Beitrage zur Chemischen Kenniniss der Mineralkorper, II, pgs. 92-98 (as Schwefelsaurer Strontianit aus Pennsylvanien).
Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 418.
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Map Reference: 40°20'N , 78°10'W
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