Strontianite ps. After Celestine (fluorescent and phosphorescent) ex Burgess Coll.

Item Description

Lustrous, bone-white strontianite partially pseudomorphs translucent gray-blue celestine crystals on sculptural limestone matrix on this rich and showy specimen from Lime City. The large crystal is 1.8 cm. The crystals look hexagonal, but are in fact, parallel growth. They are white fluorescent and phosphorescent. This very striking two-toned habit is unusual and was found only a few times in the late 1970s and early 1980s. This famous quarry is now abandoned. Seldom on the market today, except from older collections. Ex David Burgess Collection, for whom Burgessite is named.