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=== United States === In the [[Gulf coast]] of [[Louisiana]] and [[Texas]], strontianite occurs with [[Celestine (mineral)|celestine]] in [[calcite]] [[cap rock]] of [[salt domes]].<ref name=Dana/> At the Minerva Number 1 Mine (Ozark-Mahoning Number 1 Mine) Ozark-Mahoning Group, [[Cave-in-Rock, Illinois]], in the Kentucky [[Fluorspar]] District, [[Hardin County, Kentucky|Hardin County]] strontanite occurs as white, brown or rarely pink tufts and bowties of acicular crystals with slightly curved terminations.<ref name=R&M85>Rocks & Minerals (2010) 85-3:212</ref> In the [[Silurian]] [[Lockport (town), New York|Lockport]] Group, Central and Western [[New York (state)|New York]] strontianite is observed in cavities in eastern Lockport, where it occurs as small white radiating sprays of acicular crystals.<ref name=R&M84>Rocks & Minerals (2009) 84-4:332</ref> In [[Schoharie County]], New York, it occurs in [[geode]]s and [[Hydrothermal vein|veins]] with [[Celestine (mineral)|celestine]] and [[calcite]] in [[limestone]],<ref name=Dana/> and in [[Mifflin County]], Pennsylvania, it occurs with [[aragonite]], again in [[limestone]].<ref name=Dana/> <gallery mode="packed" heights="120"> Strontianite-118172.jpg|Strontianite from Strontian, Scotland Dresserite-Strontianite-lor03a.jpg|[[Dresserite]] and Strontianite from the Francon quarry, Canada Strontianite-Baryte-160390.jpg|Strontianite from the Dreislar Mine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Strontianite-170614.jpg|Strontianite from Texas, US Strontianite-208781.jpg|Strontianite from Illinois, US Strontianite Strontium carbonate Barstow San Bernardino County California 1845.jpg|Strontianite from California </gallery>
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