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Selenite

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MGR704173

Selenite

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Description
Locality: 
Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5.8 × 4.3 cm
Description

One vertical, water-clear, sharply terminated, colorless gypsum spear-point, aesthetically set on the mounded matrix of massive gypsum alabaster covered with sparkly tiny gypsum crystals. Gypsum crystals from here are considered to be some of the finest in world and this is an excellent sample for this famous classic locality. No significant damages to report.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Selenite

Variety Of: 

Gypsum

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