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Selenite

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Selenite

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Description
Locality: 
Altaussee, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.8 × 6.3 × 4.5 cm
Description

A very well formed piece from this more rare locality - the crystals are all end-pointed, highly lustrous and of good transparency. Material from the locality is rare and hard to obtain.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Selenite

Variety Of: 

Gypsum

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