Strontianite
Formula | SrCO3 |
Origin | Drensteinfurt, Münster (Germany) |
Description | colourless strontianite |
Classification (Lapis) | Sulfates |
Crystal System | orthorhombic |
Hardness | 3,5 |
Colour | colorless, gray, pale yellow, pale green, yellowish brown, pale red, may be longitudinally zoned; colorless in transmitted light |
Streak | white |
Luminescence | bluish white, pink |
Luster | vitreous |
Transparency (Opacity) | transparent to translucent |
Cleavage | perfect |
Fracture | uneven to subconchoidal |
Magnetism | negative |
Geological Setting | in the oxidized zone of rapidly weathering sulfide-bearing rocks |
Specific Gravity | 3,01 g/cm3 |
crystal model
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