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Gypsum (with several twinned crystals) from Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

 
Gypsum (with several twinned crystals) from Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Gypsum (with several twinned crystals) from Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Gypsum (with several twinned crystals) from Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Gypsum (with several twinned crystals) from Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Gypsum (with several twinned crystals) from Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Gypsum (with several twinned crystals) from Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

DESCRIPTION:No. 65797
Mineral:Gypsum (with several twinned crystals)
Locality:Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Description:Classic specimen of lustrous transparent yellow gypsum crystals in a spherical cluster with several larger gypsum crystals that are contact twinned on {100}. The gypsum fluoresces white under SW UV illumination and phosphoresces in the dark. Collected ca. 1995
Overall Size:8x6x5 cm
Crystals:10-30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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