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Anhydrite

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Anhydrite

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Description
Locality: 
Hormuz Island, Hormozgan Province, Iran
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2 × 1.2 cm
Description

Very rare material from only a fist full of specimen from a recent discovery at Hormuz - the sharp crystal is complete all around (only bottom was on the base). But teh really exceptional indicator are the dark/light diagonal stripes. They are not a result of backlight; the photos were done under daylight. Should be high ranked for the crazy stripes and the rare locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Anhydrite

Formula: 
CaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Salt mine, Hall valley, Hall, Innsbruck, Inn valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria