BARYTOCELESTINE (BEAUTIFUL CUT AND POLISHED PIECE) - Gloucestershire
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Cut and polished
Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire.
Barytocelestine is a combination of the minerals barite (barium sulphate) and celestite (strontium sulphate).
In the Chipping Sodbury area of Gloucestershire barytocelestine sometimes occurs as beautiful salmon-pink, banded, fibrous masses, which line fissures in the local Carboniferous Limestone.
This is a gorgeous banded example with one polished side and the other a natural surface.
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Size: 13 x 7.5 x 4.5 centimetres
Weight: 704 grams
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