AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Arizona > Gypsum pseudomorphs after Glauberite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 78147 |
Mineral: | Gypsum pseudomorphs after Glauberite |
Locality: | Camp Verde Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona |
Description: | Cluster of translucent white gypsum pseudomorphs after glauberite crystals to 25 mm. Glauberite crystals formed first, then altered molecule by molecule to gypsum, maintaining the original shape of the glauberite crystals. (pseudomorph = false form) Collected ca. 1995 |
Overall Size: | 5x4.5x3 cm |
Crystals: | 10-25 mm pseudos |
Archived: | For reference only |
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