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Gypsum Var Selenite

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Gypsum Var Selenite

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Description
Locality: 
Nelskamp Clay Pit, Breitscheid, Ratingen, Düsseldorf, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 4 × 1.8 cm
Description

A nice specimen from a closing clay pit near breitscheid. The specimen shows the special habitus from this location.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gypsum

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

Selenite

Variety Of: 

Gypsum

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