Celestine with Colemanite, Hydroboracite

specimen number:
5007539

location:
Bigadic mine, Balikesir, Marmara, Turkey

description:
Attractive lustrous blue crystals of Celestine, some double terminated in measuring as large as 1.2 cm in size, across this open pocket within matrix. This is brightly fluorescent. Very slight cleaving along one edge of the pocket, this still in good condition. Colemanite and hydroboracite are present as well. An attractive and neat locality example for the species.

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