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Celestine from
National Gypsum Company quarries, Dingwall, Victoria Co., Nova Scotia, Canada


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Celestine
Formula:SrSO4
Comments:Light brown, transparent granular aggregates
Colour:Light brown
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Celestine data
Locality Data:Click here to view National Gypsum Company quarries, Dingwall, Victoria Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:749757
Long-form Identifier:1:3:749757:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Celestine
79.3km (49.3 miles) ⓘScotch Lake quarry, Scotch Lake, Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
References
Sabina, Ann P. (1994) Rocks and minerals for the collector: Northeastern Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Island, and Prince Edward Island. Miscellaneous Report 51. Geological Survey of Canada 91 pp. doi:10.4095/194755
Jarzyna, Adrian, Maciej Bąbel, Damian Ługowski, and Firouz Vladi. (2022) "Petrographic Record and Conditions of Expansive Hydration of Anhydrite in the Recent Weathering Zone at the Abandoned Dingwall Gypsum Quarry, Nova Scotia, Canada" Minerals 12, no. 1: 58. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12010058
 
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