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Strontianite

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Magnificent sprays of colourless to milky-white Strontianite (strontium carbonate) crystals to 3 cm long radiate out from a pinkish-cream matrix of massive and semi-crystalline Magnesite. This specimen, from Oberdorf an der Laming in the Laming valley of Styria, Austria, forms as long, tapering, mainly gemmy crystals. Under LWUV these fluoresce pale honey-yellow. A very rich and beautifully crystallised Strontianite from Austria with a previous collector’s label.

Product details

Species
StrontianiteAbout Strontianite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions6.0 x 6.8 x 4.4 cm
Listed on10/24/2024
Locality
Austria, Styria, OberdorfRegional guide →
SKUCC10555

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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.