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Gypsum var. Selenite from Great Salt Plains, neat Jet, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma

 
Gypsum var. Selenite from Great Salt Plains, neat Jet, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma

Gypsum var. Selenite from Great Salt Plains, neat Jet, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma

DESCRIPTION:No. 58101
Mineral:Gypsum var. Selenite
Locality:Great Salt Plains, neat Jet, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma
Description:Two intersecting transparent-to-translucent doubly-terminated barite crystals with waxy surface luster. Note the brown hourglass-shaped internal zones where Fe-oxide-rich mud was trapped in the gypsum. Ex. B. Gaber collection #200
Overall Size:3x3x1.5 cm
Crystals:30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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