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Strontianite

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A beautiful display of very lustrous pyramidal Strontianite crystals from Oberdorf an der Laming in Styria, central Austria. The Strontianite forms a prismatic habit of crystals stacked upon one another and are white, translucent to gemmy with light orange terminations. This specimen presents a delightful display of Strontianite crystals from this very famous Austrian locality.

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Species
StrontianiteAbout Strontianite →
SizeMiniature
Dimensions2.7 x 4.4 x 2.5 cm
Listed on10/24/2024
Locality
Austria, Styria, OberdorfRegional guide →
SKUCC5035

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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.