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Strontianite

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Alexander Schauss
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Strontianite, 2.5 cm, from Oberdorf an der Laming, Laming Valley, Bruck an der Mur, Styria, Austria. Illustrated in Minerals: The Collectors Newspaper (2014) and in the Mineralogical Record (November–December 2018). Ex Don Olson; Jeff Scovil photo.

Product details

Species
StrontianiteAbout Strontianite →
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Dimensions2.5 cm
Added on02/13/2026
Locality
Austria, Styria, OberdorfRegional guide →
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Refined Elegance page 127

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
—Don OlsonNot disclosed

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Mineral guide
Learn about Strontianite
radiating sprays and translucent prisms; a rare connoisseur carbonate with localities Strontian, Oberdorf, Elmwood and strong collecting value.
Strontianite
Regional guide
Strontianite from Oberdorf, Austria
Oberdorf is one of the great European names for strontianite, not because it yielded huge quantities of the species, but because it yielded the kind of crystals that serious collectors remember: lustrous, translucent to gemmy prisms, often appearing pseudo-hexagonal, standing out on white to pale buff carbonate matrix. Fine pieces have a restrained Alpine elegance—creamy, honey-tinted, or nearly colorless crystals on sugary dolomite, calcite, or magnesite rather than the showier fluorite-and-barite associations of some other strontianite localities.