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Celestine from
Bedford, Trimble County, Kentucky, USA


Classification
Species:Celestine
Formula:SrSO4
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Dolomite1 photo of Celestine associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Calcite1 photo of Celestine associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Celestine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bedford, Trimble County, Kentucky, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:754348
Long-form Identifier:1:3:754348:7
GUID (UUID V4):976bc4f7-ae28-42ef-b238-e2247e18a7f2
Nearest other occurrences of Celestine
71.6km (44.5 miles) Ralph Rogers Co. Quarry, Salem, Washington County, Indiana, USA
74.0km (46.0 miles) Hoosier Quarry, Salem, Washington County, Indiana, USA
78.7km (48.9 miles) Nally - Gibson Quarry, Georgetown, Central Kentucky Fluorspar Mining District, Scott County, Kentucky, USA
97.6km (60.7 miles) Baltimore and Ohio Railroad quarry and cut, Buddha, Lawrence County, Indiana, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
State Route 37 road cut, Harrodsburg exit, Monroe County, Indiana. John Rakovan photo. O PEN SPACES in...State Route 37 road cut, Harrodsburg exit, Monroe County, Indiana. John Rakovan specimen and photo. Figure...across, from Auglaize quarry, Junction, Paulding County, Ohio (Vasichko 2017). John Rakovan specimen and...geodes include septarians, miarols, Figure 6. Celestine cavity from a Cenozoic-aged marl, Sakoany deposit...geode), 16 cm across, from near Orderville, Kane County, Utah. John Rakovan specimen and photo. amygdules
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo....Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis...earths to make saltpeter, at Nicojack Cave in Marion County, then nitromagnesite at the same location (Shepard...Sevier County (Coskren and Lauf 2000). The following index is arranged alphabetically by county. It is
Report (edition)
(formerly Stoneco, Inc.}, near Junction, Pau lding County, Ohio. Specimen is 3.8 x 2.4 cm with the largest...mining areas of "chrysanthemum stones' (a form of celestine). During May 2010, he started work in g Ernie...Huron River, resulting in the discovery of two County, Ohio, August 2006. John Medici photo. minerals...ineralogical and Lap idary Society of Michigan Stark County Gem & M ineral Club Summit Petroleum, Inc. $1-$100... .. .. BuLke,e rurnace Stale Memorial, Jackson County .... Loc.:ition ....... ......................
Catalog/List
Coldberrv Mine Corsica A2 A2 £2 sop Nevada, USA Unknown The Knipe, S. Scotland Masson Hill, Derbyshire...Nenthead A3 A3 A3 £3 £1.50 £2 Haxis, Arizona, USA A3 £1 A3 A3 £1 £3 A3 A3 A3 A3 £1 £1 £1 £1.50...Herodsfoot Cornwall Bournonite Bedford Mine Devon Arsenoovrite Colorado USA Enaraite Minas Gerais Brazil...Brazil Pyrrhotite Pitcher, Oklahoma, USA Chalcopyrite on Dolomite Cornwall Tennantite Parvs Copper Mine, Anqlesey...Belstone Qy, Devon Arsenopyrite & Garnet Colarado, USA Covellite & Chalcopyrite Whitesmiths Mine, Strontian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Bluespring Caverns: 1459 Blue Springs Cavern Road, Bedford, 47421; http://www.bluespringcaverns.com/. A ride...concretions that reach to nearly 30 feet in diameter. KENTUCKY Big Bone Lick State Park: 3380 Beaver Road, Union...an arch at Natural Bridge State Resort Park in Kentucky. Red River Gorge (Geologic Area): Daniel Boone...Mountain (Devil’s Honeycomb): Southern Washington County, just south of Big River and Hwy-M on Figure 6...source of oxygen. Figure 7. In Ohio’s Celestine Cave, celestine crystals line the walls of a “vug” that
Journal (issue)
......................................... 14 Celestine, the proposed state mineral ....................crystals of celestine, a mineral that was first described from Pennsylvania specimens. Celestine, which is...spring and to make the orthophotography available to county planners, as well as the public, via the web later...near Morgantown, Berks County, and at Pine Swamp, near Warwick, Chester County. An aeromagnetic map of...major Pine Swamp anomaly near Warwick, Chester County. We used a Hotchkiss Superdip instrument (Figure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
r o i t e from Middle Park, northwest Colorado, USA, 557 Alaska, osmium isotope and mineralogical study...vibrational spectra of, 249 BARDOUX,M., 185 Barium-rich celestine, new data and crystal structure refinement of...isotope study of the carbonatitic dolomite host, 531 BEDFORD,C. M., 515 BELL, A. M. T., 79 BELL, B. R., 329...lamproite from Middle Park, northwest Colorado, USA, 557 Bmcn, W. D., 295 Bismuth, and bismuth-antimony...an artificially oxidized natural spinel, 411 Celestine, Ba-rich, new data and crystal structure refinement
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Blair p. 4 7 9 ) , and the writer's interest in County. Pennsylvania minerals, particularly those Young...fibrous found in limestones, started the writer Celestine, the greatest part of it having on a study of...very faint blue tint, occurred in beds in Blair County, Pennsylvania. Informa- of irregular thickness...Mills, Blair taken on field trips to Blair County fur- County, Pennsylvania. It was found along nished...Bellwood, Blair The earliest reference to Celestite, County, Pennsylvania, in the Altoona available to the
Journal (issue)
.. 2 Early petroleum discoveries in Washington County, Pennsylvania .......... 12 New release—Survey...Publication Services ON THE COVER Photomicrograph of celestine (SrSO4) taken with the Survey’s newly acquired...(see article on page 2). The celestine sample is from Bellwood, Blair County, the first locality in the...Representatives to name celestine the state mineral of Pennsylvania (Charles, Edwin, 2003, Celestine, the proposed...specimen of celestine (SrSO4) that was collected at the type locality at Bellwood, Blair County, as an example
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University] at 07:55 02 December 2014 Figure 1. County map of New York State, prepared by William Besse...listed. L O CA L I T I E S B Y C O U N T Y Albany County Indian Ladder: brookite; F. Old Callanan quarry:...11 August 1859: olivinebronzite chondrite. Bronx County Various excavations: chabazite, harmotome, quartz...quartz (amethyst), stilbite; F. Clinton County Au Sable Forks, iron mines north of: microcline (sunstone)...stilbite, titanite, zircon, others; F, C. Columbia County Ancram lead mines: barite, galena, sphalerite,
Report (edition)
particular site, remember it is possible to visit the county courthouse in which the site is located, and trace...23 23 28 Adams County Native copper localities Teeter quarry zeolite Allegheny County Wittmer wurtzite...wurtzite Bedford County New locality 31 31 locality Paris fluorite locality Sherman Valley cryptomelane...locality Berks County Dyer quarry zeolite locality Frystown fetid barite locality Blair County Altoona barite.... 33 33 35 38 38 42 45 45 47 50 Page Butler County East Unity Church Sedwicks Mill 54 54 54 57
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
geodeguy@verizon.net after Fossils from Heltonville Lawrence County Indiana Unless otherwise noted, all photos by...quarry in Salem, Washington County, produces beautiful blue and gold celestine crystals; another quarry...quarry, near Anderson in Madison County, is famous for its butterscotch-colored calcite, especially its twins;...twins; Corydon quarry in Harrison County is known for its cavities filled with pink dolomite. But most...along State Route 37 near Harrodsburg in Monroe County; for the past thirty years it has produced quartz
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Lockport Dolostone, the Chittenango Falls celestine occurrence, pyritized fossils of the Alden locality...well-known but intriguing Bedford pegmatites; and the Amity-Edenville area of Orange County, the source of huge
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sunstone cabochon, Owls Head Mountain, Franklin County, 18 × 25 mm, G. and S. Robinson specimen, G. Robinson...Robinson photo; blue fluorite, Penfield, Monroe County, 46.6 carats, A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum specimen...photo; peristerite cabochon, Macomb, St. Lawrence County, 12 × 18 mm, G. and S. Robinson specimen, G. Robinson...Titanite (sphene), Tilly Foster mine, Brewster, Putnam County, 6.70 carats, Harvard Mineralogical Museum specimen...Robinson photo; diopside, DeKalb, St. Lawrence County, left—kite cut 3.96 carats, right—oval cut, 10
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at mouth of Silver Creek near Edinburg, Portage County. Figure 1 (left). Rosanna Carlson sitting in dolostone...septarium, Copperas Mountain near Spargursville, Ross County. Ernest Carlson photo. Figure 3. Map showing mineral...were observed in the Huron Shale of western Ross County (J. Medici, pers. com., 1998) (Frankfort site)...Melvin Stone Co. quarry near Williamsport, Pickaway County. Figure 5. Hematite nodules (largest 6 cm high)...high), road cut near Canaanville, Athens County. shales and carbonate rocks; for example, Huron and Cleveland
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
north wall of pit no. 1, Gore Mountain, Warren County, New York. William Kelly photo. Figure 3 (left)...magnetite crystals, 12.7 cm wide, Mineville, Essex County, New York. New York State Museum specimen, Jeff...on tremolite, 6 cm wide, Talcville, St. Lawrence County, New York. New York State Museum specimen, Kenneth...on diopside, 11 cm high, Natural Bridge, Lewis County, New York. New York State Museum specimen, Robert...30 cm wide, Farr property, Natural Bridge, Lewis County, New York. New York State Museum specimen, Hamilton
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ontario (Marmoraton mine, Marmora Township, Hastings County), is cited in university geo­ physics courses as...Concession X I V of Hun­ tingdon Township, Hastings County, in the late 1800s by the Henderson family while...Concession V & V I , Olden Township, Frontenac County, was discovered near the turn of the century and...(formerly Faraday mine), Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario. S. H . Watts collection. Figure 16 (below):...equipment re­ sulted in intense prospecting in Leeds County north of Gananoque in southeastern Ontario (Harrison
Report (issue)
zinc-lead oxides at Mary Ann Furnace, Cumberland County, to the author's attention, and therefore deserves...appreciated. The old cross-section maps of the Chester County, Wheatley-Brookdale-Phoenix mines, and "new" Perkiomen...Introduction Occurrences grouped by county ' 2 Bedford County Geochemical data for the Woodbury prospect...prospect area 305 149 Berks County Grace Mine 271 Oley Valley "2 Blair County CanoeCreekQuarry Keystone...1Z^+ Bucks County New Galena 238 Centre County Milesburg Gap area 208 Chester County Charlestown
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Lockport Dolostone, the Chittenango Falls celestine occurrence, pyritized fossils of the Alden locality...well-known but intriguing Bedford pegmatites; and the Amity-Edenville area of Orange County, the source of huge
Journal (issue)
Raven Hills Court, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80919 USA; tel: (303) 598-1233 66 The Mineralogical Record...vein-dike near Long Lake in Olden Township, Frontenac County. Tabular pseudo-orthorhombic euhedra up to 10 cm...crystal (1.6 x 2 cm) from Olden Township, Frontenac County, Ontario. George and Susan Robinson specimen. menite...itself is for the type locality near Perth, Lanark County, Ontario.) Huge crystals of microcline up to half...Lamable, Ontario. Analysis 6: Pargasite —Wolfe Lake, Bedford Township, Ontario. Analysis 7: Epidote —near Steenburg
Report (issue)
occurrences Road-cuts at km 4.5, Westport Road Kingston (Bedford) mica mine Richardson feldspar mine Glendower iron... 31 c/7 Sydenham. 25E south part of Frontenac County, eastern Ontario (Ont. Geol. Surv.). McFarland... 31 C/7 Sydenham. 25E south part of Frontenac County, eastern Ontario (Ont. Geol. Surv.). 7 Road-cuts... 31 CI7 Sydenham. 25E south part of Frontenac County, eastern Ontario (Ont. Geo!. Surv.). Plate II... 31 C/7 Sydenham. 25E south part of Frontenac County, eastern Ontario (Ont. Geo!. Surv.). Limestone
Report (issue)
Road-cuts at km 4.5, Westport Road 12 Kingston (Bedford) mica mine 12 13 14 14 1D 1 16 16 17 Richardson...Sah i Waterloo = 47 4 ow - REPT aha 4f 3)ESR USA vt ) (CC x i \ : } Kt = ee 4 25° Figure lL...(G): 31 C/7 Sydenham. 25E south part of Frontenac County, eastern Ontario (Ont. Geol. Surv.). McFarland...C/7 Sydenham. (G): 25E south part of Frontenac County, eastern Ontario (Ont. Geol. Surv.). Road-cuts... 31 C/7 Sydenham. 25E south part of Frontenac County, eastern Ontario (Ont. Geol. Surv.). pS Plate
Report (issue)
........................................... . Kentucky ................................................return card, wh1ch requires no postage. a. City, County, State .... -=c = o:z: -tt-c.:: cc u..., Township... EDT DHnois 4.5 4.0 ... ... 4.78 3.68 v Kentucky 16 40.4 3.28 Missouri Apr. 5 ... May 13 .....Illinois, south-western Indiar.a, northwestern Kentucky, and at Hermann, St. Charles, Sikeston, and St...(UTC) tornadoes touched down in Dlinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, according to the "Storm Data," National
Catalog/List
Copper - County Bridge Quarry, Lizard, Cornwall. V.Holyer 1976. [SW 722 220]. SW.Q4 Serpentine - County Bridge...Miles 1984. [SX 003 791]. SX.2B2 Cornwallite - Bedford United Mine, Tavistock. N.Hubbard 1987. [SX 441...441 726]. Marquis Lode. SX.2B3 Brochantite - Bedford United Mine, Tavistock, Devon. [SX 441 726]. Marquis...Admiralty Flats on the Second Sun Vein. Tom Wolfe USA label. NY.2A19 Baryte after witherite - Nentsberry...Northamptonshire. T.Bridges. 1976. [SP 873 828]. ST.A7 Celestine - Yate Processing Plant, Yate. P Braithwaite 1977
Book
of some of the principal localities in the same county, was given by Messrs . Greg and Lettsom in their...locality by some independent authority, such as maps, county directories, local guide books, &c. The geological...LONDONDERRY LONGFORD LOUTH MAYO MEATH MONAGHAN . QUEEN'S COUNTY . . . SLIGO TIPPERARY TYRONE . WATERFORD...possible, the various mineral- localities in the same county around their respective post-towns. A few cases...rule, where a parish or village is situated in one county, and its post-town in another. Chains of hills
 
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