Mineralpedia Details for Celsian
Celsian
- Formula
- BaAl2Si2O8
- Crystal System
- Monoclinic
- Crystal Habit
- Massive - Granular, Crystalline - Fine
- Cleavage
- Perfect, Good, None
- Luster
- Vitreous (Glassy)
- Color
- colorless, yellow, white
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Monoclinic - Prismatic
- Fracture
- Brittle - Uneven
- Hardness
- 6-6.5
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Celsian from Consolidated Zinc mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Granular compact crystalline light brown Celsian, the rare barium feldspar.
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Celsian from MacMillian Pass, Itsy Mountains, Yukon Territory, Canada
Tannish light brown coarse granular Celsian, a barium fledspar. Associated with red Gillespite and glassy Sanbornite.
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Celsian from Trumbull Peak, Mariposa Co., California, United States
Dirty white granular or fine crystalline Celsian with Sanbornite.
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