Texas Specimen Photos

Celestite and dogtooth calcite intruding into cavity in creek bed, Lampasas County. Cavity is approximately six inches across.

 

Celestite crystals in pocket in dolomite. Glove at lower right for scale. Lampasas County.

 

Photomicrograph of iron sulfate inclusions in celestite crystal, Burnet County.

 

Typical outcrop of Glen Rose formation in Lampases County. Celestite beds occur at this location in creek bed and in adjacent bluff.

 

Fluorescent "Terlingua-type" calcite from near Lampasas.

 

Calcite with strontianite and celestite, Lampasas County.

 

Celestite crystal, approximately one inch across, Burnet County.

 

 

 

Celestite crystals, specimen approximately three inches across, Burnet County.

 

Celestite crystals on columnar to fibrous celestite, probably pseudomorphic after anhydrite. Specimen is approximately two inches tall. Brown County.

 

Calcite on celestite. Specimen approximately three inches tall. Lampasas County.

 

Calcite and celestite. Specimen approximately three inches tall. Lampasas County.

 

Celestite and calcite. Celestite crystal approximately 2 cm across. Burnet County.

 

Celestite crystal, approximately three inches tall, with smaller crystals. Burnet County.

 

Another view of previous specimen.

 

Third view of same specimen.

 

Bladed celestite crystals to three inches on blue columnar to fibrous celestite. Longest blade length approximately two inches. Brown County.

 

Celestite crystal, approximately 1.5 inches. Burnet County.

 

Celestite crystal with included iron sulfate, and calcite. Crystal is approximately four inches tall. Burnet County.

 

Celestite geode, approximately seven inches in diameter. Mills County.

 

Translucent white bladed celestite crystal cluster displaying white chevrons pasallel to {210}. Specimen size approximately 8 cm across. Lampasas County.

 

Bladed celestite crystals. Cluster size approximately 8 cm across. Lampasas County.

 

Celestite geode, approximately seven inches in diameter. Brown County. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources specimen.