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Selenite

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Cavnic Mine, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
15.5 × 10.3 × 2.5 cm
Description

White to orange colored, bladed selenite crystals, well crystallized as undamaged floater specimen. A large main crystal can be seen lying on the sample. This kind of selenite is very rare from this area. It was collected and bought in the early 70s (with old collection card)!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Selenite

Variety Of: 

Gypsum

Formula: 
CaSO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Hardness: 
0.0