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Strontianite

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Large, perfectly formed flared crystal of pseudo-hexagonal form on a slab of small white magnesite crystals. The crystal of strontianite is white in its lower part with an amber colored top offering a beautiful contrast with the white background. A small side crystal of strontianite sits on the left of the large crystal.

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Species
StrontianiteAbout Strontianite →
Added on11/10/2024
Locality
Austria, Styria, OberdorfRegional guide →

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Mineral guide
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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.