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Strontianite

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The magnesite deposit at Oberdorf an der Laming in Styria, Austria, is one of the world’s greatest localities for the strontium carbonate Strontianite, where magnificent crystals can be found. Although it pains me to admit it, these crystals are in completely different league to anything found at the type locality at Strontian, besides Loch Sunart on the west coast of Scotland. In this small cabinet specimen, superb, highly lustrous prismatic crystals of Strontianite measuring up to 1.5 cm long are aesthetically aggregated over a white crystallised cellular matrix of tiny Calcite crystals. The Strontianite crystals are double terminated wherever space has allowed and all are colourless, grading to subtly tinted pale yellow gemmy-translucent terminations. It is a magnificent example of Strontianite from this most classic of European localities.\n

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Species
StrontianiteAbout Strontianite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions6.4 x 8.0 x 4.0 cm
Listed on10/24/2024
Locality
Austria, Styria, OberdorfRegional guide →
SKUCC6367

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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.