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Gypsum from Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

 
Gypsum from Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Gypsum from Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Gypsum from Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Gypsum from Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

DESCRIPTION:No. 46110
Mineral:Gypsum
Locality:Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Description:Transparent bladed yellow gypsum crystals in a radiating cluster growing outward from a central spherical cluster of brown gypsum crystals fully crystallized all around. The gypsum crystals fluoresce and phosphoresce under UV illumination. acquired in 1992 from Tysons
Overall Size:10x8x7 cm
Crystals:3-35 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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