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Celestine from
Sicily, Italy


Locality type:Autonomous Region
Classification
Species:Celestine
Formula:SrSO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Sulphurⓘ280 photos of Celestine associated with Sulphur at this locality.
Aragoniteⓘ35 photos of Celestine associated with Aragonite at this locality.
Calciteⓘ6 photos of Celestine associated with Calcite at this locality.
Melanophlogite4 photos of Celestine associated with Melanophlogite at this locality.
Gypsumⓘ3 photos of Celestine associated with Gypsum at this locality.
Limestone1 photo of Celestine associated with Limestone at this locality.
Sulfur1 photo of Celestine associated with Sulfur at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Celestine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sicily, Italy
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:972597
Long-form Identifier:1:3:972597:3
GUID (UUID V4):6db34ed4-b64c-4b4f-948f-01293cb7bed7
Localities for Celestine in this Region
Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
Agrigento (Girgenti), Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
Ciavolotta Mine (Ciaulotta Mine; Gibisa-Ciaulotta Mine), Agrigento (Girgenti), Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
Campobello di Licata, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
Bifara Mine (Bifara Comune Mine), Campobello di Licata, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
Cozzo Disi Mine (Cozzodisi Mine), Casteltermini, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
Cattolica sulphur mines, Cattolica Eraclea (Cattolica), Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
Cianciana, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
Cianciana sulphur mines, Cianciana, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
Falconera mines (Faconera Grotticelli group), Cianciana sulphur mines, Cianciana, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
Savarini Mine, Cianciana sulphur mines, Cianciana, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
Comitini, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
Stretto Cuvello Mine, Comitini, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
Favara, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
Lucia Mine, Favara, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
Passarello Mine (Passarello Aratato Mine), Licata, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
Racalmuto sulphur mines, Racalmuto, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
Gibellini Mine (Gibellina Mine), Racalmuto sulphur mines, Racalmuto, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
Ravanusa, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
Acqua Mintina Cave (Grotta dell'Acqua Mintina), Butera, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy
Muculufa Mine, Butera, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy
Canicassè mines (Canicassè Mine), Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy
Fruscoli mines (Fruscoli Mine; Fruscoli Savatteri Mine), Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy
Gebbiarossa Mine (Gebbiarossa Bordonaro Mine; Gebbia Rossa Mine), Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy
Gessolungo mines (Gessolungo Mine), Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy
Giffarò Mine, Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy
Grottarossa Mine (Grotta Rossa Mine), Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy
La Grasta Mine (Grasta Mine), Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy
Trabonella Mine, Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy
Bubbonia Mine (Bubbonia-Monte Zolfara Mine), Mazzarino, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy
Cozzo Tondo Mine (Cozzotondo Mine), Milena, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy
Giona Mine, Milena, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy
San Cataldo (San Cattaldo), Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy
Bosco Mine, San Cataldo sulphur mines, San Cataldo (San Cattaldo), Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy
Serradifalco, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy
Baccarato Mine, Aidone, Enna Province, Sicily, Italy
Assoro, Enna Province, Sicily, Italy
Giumentaro Mine, Capodarso, Enna, Enna Province, Sicily, Italy
Floristella Mine, Enna, Enna Province, Sicily, Italy
Lercara Friddi sulphur mines, Lercara Friddi, Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Colle Croce Mines, Lercara Friddi sulphur mines, Lercara Friddi, Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Colle Madore Mines, Lercara Friddi sulphur mines, Lercara Friddi, Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Colle Serio Mine (Bongiovanni Serio Mine), Lercara Friddi sulphur mines, Lercara Friddi, Palermo Province, Sicily, Italy
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
della Calabria, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy (Received 7 June 2013; accepted 12 February 2014;...(both K-feldspars and plagioclase), gypsum and celestine. The palaeoweathering index records changes at...Messinian Salinity Crisis and it crops out mainly in Sicily and Calabria. Its genesis and spatio-temporal distribution...for each step) at the Università della Calabria (Italy). Semiquantitative mineralogical analysis of the...calcite; Arag – aragonite; Gyp – gypsum; Celest – celestine; tr – trace. Elemental analyses for major and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PERTICARA, ITALY This particularly attractive sulfur specimen is from Perticara, Italy, a locality...variously described in the literature as being on Sicily; near Rimini, Marche; and in Romagna. It consists...and Argentine Andes; at the famous solfataras of Italy, Japan. and Indonesia; and in Yellowstone Park,...crystals have been found in cavities associated with celestine, gypsum, anhydrite, barite. and carbonates in...particularly those from the ancient mines on the island of Sicily (Bancroft 1984). Stunningly beautiful. complex
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Mineralogical Characterization of Montevive Celestine Mineral Noemi Ariza-Rodríguez 1,2 , Alejandro...and Mineralogical Characterization of Montevive Celestine Mineral. Minerals 2022, 12, 1261. https:// doi...mariomunoz@ugr.es (M.J.M.-B.) Abstract: The Montevive celestine mineral deposit, set in the Granada Basin in a...rejection of a manual dry screening of high-grade celestine mineral. This visual and density screening was...days of mining (1954–1973). Concentrating the celestine mineral and increasing the ore recovery rate would
Report (issue)
Celestine SrSO4 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic. Point Group:...From Girgenti, Caltanissetta, and elsewhere in Sicily, Italy. In the Konrad mine, near Salzgitter, Lower...(1998) Rigid-body character of the SO4 groups in celestine, anglesite, and barite. Can. Mineral., 36, 1053–1060
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/oregeorev Large celestine orebodies formed by early-diagenetic replacement...2014 Available online 15 July 2014 Keywords: Celestine Evaporites 87 Sr/86Sr Sulfate isotopes Upper Miocene...c t The Montevive and the Escúzar stratabound celestine orebodies in the Upper Miocene evaporite succession...the largest strontium deposits in the world. Celestine occurs within a gypsum/anhydrite–halite evaporite...peloids. 87Sr/86Sr and δ34S values in the Montevive celestine deposit are close to those reported for the saline
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
micritic calcite matrix, which locally contains celestine. The selenite crystals are usually amber in color...lenticular gypsum crystals. Microcrystalline celestine is locally present in micrite-rich areas. 4.2...inclusions. Porous masses of microcrystalline celestine are commonly located between gypsum crystals,...μg/g (131 analyses, 7 samples). Microcrystalline celestine is locally present in the Middle and Upper units...selenites locally contain intercrystalline diagenetic celestine that could have influenced the geochemical results
Journal (issue)
PRIVATE MINERAL COLLECTIONS IN ITALY WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY FEDERICO PEZZOTTA CURATOR OF MINERALOGY...JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 2011 PRIVATE MINERAL COLLECTIONS IN ITALY Participating Collectors: Marco Amabili Silvia...cm Cozzodisi mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Adalberto Giazotto collection Jeff Scovil photo... MINERAL COLLECTING IN ITALY )In OutCine of MINERAL COLLECTING IN ITALY Federico Pezzotta Mineralogy...literature and music, scholars and aristocrats in Italy assembled some of the first great collections of
Report (issue)
and fumarolic deposits (Vesuvius, Italy); in marble (Carrara, Italy); in a metamorphic magnesite deposit...Gjerdingen, Norway). Association: Fluorite, sulfur, celestine, anhydrite, gypsum, magnesite, quartz. Distribution:...district. In Italy, from Carrara, Tuscany; on Vesuvius, Campania, and on Mt. Etna, Sicily. From near Lake
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulphates is especially marked in Barytes and Celestine, but though the combination of forms is sometimes...a marked individuality has bees perceived in Celestine crystals which has made it easy to recognise the...crystals of Celestine from near Bristol in the red marl, those associated with sulphur from Sicily, or the...the largest by far that have yet been found of Celestine in this country, and in size remind one of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 CELESTINE Downloaded by [University of Calgary] at 13:58...number of localities are famous for distinctive celestine and have produced thousands of specimens for many...unexpected celestine windfall is the object of this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice. Celestine is an orthorhombic...counterpart barite, with which it can be confused. Celestine has perfect (001) cleavage, good {OlO} cleavage...pure, its density is 3.96. Well-crystallized celestine is typically transparent to translucent. It commonly
Report (issue)
Gypsum, anhydrite, halite, aragonite, calcite, celestine. Distribution: In the USA, large deposits occur...at Maybee and Scofield, Monroe Co., Michigan. On Sicily, at Cianciana, Agrigento, and Racalmuto, the source...large and fine crystals; from many other places in Italy, notably at Solfatara di Pozzuoli, near Naples;
Report (issue)
volcanic sublimate or efflorescence. Association: celestine. Halite, carnallite, polyhalite, anhydrite, boracite...Eskdale, Yorkshire, England. From Monte Sambuco, Sicily, Italy. At Ozinky, southwest of Saratov, Russia. In
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
secondary gypsum with anhydrite relicts, whereas celestine and barite were only observed at the microscopic...Central and Eastern Mediterranean, such as SE Spain, Sicily, North Africa, Cyprus and Tunisia. 283 2. Methodology...matrix with porphyroblastic satin spar (Fig. 7b). Celestine and barite were precipitated as accessory evaporite...planktonic skeletal particles). Some idiomorphic celestine crystals (5% by volume) have replaced both the...pattern is similar to the Messinian evaporites of the Sicily basin, in which very coarse crystalline gypsum
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
other two pulleys patented The Strontla Beds of Sicily. The introdudion of strontia into tbe sugar In­...making sugar. Paper Most of the mineral comes from Sicily, and the fol. or pasteboard is then cut into rings...be read with The rim thus At present all the celestine tbat is exported comes The other is made in much...PULLEY The engravings represent these pulleys. in Sicily, usually carry sulphur. They consist of limestone...from new patterns in a thorough and �uoot'an­ celestine, being heavier and less acted upon, is left in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
other two pulleys patented The Strontla Beds of Sicily. The introdudion of strontia into tbe sugar In­...making sugar. Paper Most of the mineral comes from Sicily, and the fol. or pasteboard is then cut into rings...be read with The rim thus At present all the celestine tbat is exported comes The other is made in much...PULLEY The engravings represent these pulleys. in Sicily, usually carry sulphur. They consist of limestone...from new patterns in a thorough and �uoot'an­ celestine, being heavier and less acted upon, is left in
Report (issue)
ultramafic rocks. Association: Gypsum, sulfur, celestine (evaporite deposits); pumpellyite, lawsonite,...crystals from Racalmuto, Cianciana, and Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. At Dognácska and Špania Dolina (Herrengrund)
Report (issue)
and speleothems in caves. Association: Halite, celestine, calcite, aragonite, anhydrite, dolomite, sulfur...provided especially fine or large specimens. From Italy, on Sicily, as at Racalmuto, Girgenti, and Cianciana
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the volcanic region of Mt. Calvario (Mount Etna, Italy). The crystals, from both the unaltered lavas and...the dike complex of Mt. Calvario (Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy). This geographic area is well known for the...the manganiferous deposit of St. Marcel-Praborna (Italy) and related their formation to the late circulation...wollastonite (SiKα), orthoclase (KKα), jadeite (NaKα), celestine (SrKα), barite (SKα), glass standard (LaLα and...the area of Biancavilla, Mount Etna (Eastern Sicily, Italy). Environmental Geology 47(6), 855–868. CARDILE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
limestone, the upper part cindery, containing celestine .......................................... 4 0~...atmospheric degradation, and large pieces of celestine are common in the talus formed by the waste of...(p. 42) is a measured section of the principal celestine-bearing beds where they are well-dcveloped ; it...to these there is another bed with nodules of celestine, a few feet below bed No. 10. About 30 feet below...beds there is a very singular development of celestine crystals in the hollows of a white fossiliferous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Doelter s suggested that the colouring agent of celestine might be colloidal sulphur produced by reduction...colloidal sulphur is actually present in the celestine is lacking. Whilst agreeing with Doelter that...and as no iron could be detected in the blue celestine from Girgenti (no. 9) it would seem that iron...the translucent reddishbrown colour of the Yate celestine (no. 3) and. were probably due to iron. Gypsum...same locality (u as our analogously coloured celestine (no. 3). The intensity of the colour varied greatly
Report (issue)
• • • • • 27 28 •• • • • • • • • • 31 Italy • • U.S.S.R. • • T1mis •• United States REFERENCES...MINERALS Oelestite (SrS0 4 ), know11 also as celestine or crelestine, is the most important of the strontium-bearing...ordinary temperatures. Other samples from Girgenti, in Sicily, were intensively fluorescent in white, but samples...* A small quantity of celestite is produced in Sicily to meet tl1f, Italian t demand for this mineral... Soc., 1877-1879, 2, 44-45. On the celestine and baryto-celestine of Clifton, by N. Collie; Proc. Bristol
Journal (issue)
mineral specirnens have always been the lovely blue celestine crystal groups found at various sites in the Gien...Limestone formation of Lampasas County. Lampasas celestine first became well known among mineral collectors...the area. George F. Kunz described a sky-blue celestine crystal measuring 10 X 13 X 20 cm found in a railroad...cut near Lampasas in 1886. A magnificent 25-cm celestine specimen from Lampasas was described that same...have had many extra choice specimens [of Texas celestine] and can still furnish good crystals that I collected
Journal (issue)
Lhuyd and Alban Thomas near Raddusa, Catania, Sicily, Italy...............................................connecting Brig, Switzerland with Domodossola, Italy. Cutting through the Alps beneath the Simplon Pass...railway between the Romandy region of Switzerland and Italy, 479 Figure 1. Topographic map showing the path...Switzerland, northwest of the Simplon Alp to Iselle, Italy, at the southeast end, and the larger city of Domodossola...Jura-Simplon). A treaty between Switzerland and Italy was signed in 1895 to 480 The Mineralogical Record
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
5 cm (DM 23436), from Mont Blanc, Aosta Valley, Italy, a fine gwindel quartz. the conglomerate-hosted...× 12.5 × 4.5 cm (DM 24902), from Agrigento, Sicily, Italy, an excellent Sicilian specimen, one of those...9.5 × 4 cm (DM 23602), from Caltanissetta, Sicily, Italy. Brown cubes of melanophlogite, a rare polymorph...Figure 22 (right). Celestine, 14 × 8.5 × 4.5 cm (25066), from Caltanissetta, Sicily, Italy, another of the...24436), from the Racalmuto mine, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy, a typical group of Sicilian sulfur crystals
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