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Mineral Specimen No. 82615:
Gypsum var. Desert Rose for sale from Death Valley Playa, Inyo County, California.

This mineral specimen Gypsum var. Desert Rose from Death Valley Playa, Inyo County, California is available for sale from John Betts - Fine Minerals, mineral dealer located in New York City, New York.Follow on Facebook

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Description of Mineral Specimen for sale No. 82615:

Mineral Species: Gypsum var. Desert Rose.
Location of origin: Death Valley Playa, Inyo County, California.
Description: Dense cluster of translucent brown gypsum crystals commonly labeled by collectors as Desert Roses. The gypsum crystals are flattened bladed form and fluoresce/phosphoresce under longwave and shortwave UV illumination. Ex. Miller collection T3868; collected in 1969.
Overall size: 20x18x16 mm.
Size of individual crystals: 5-10 mm
Price: $16 (plus shipping).

Mineral Gypsum var. Desert Rose for sale from Death Valley Playa, Inyo County, California

Detail view of mineral Gypsum var. Desert Rose for sale from Death Valley Playa, Inyo County, California

Photographs Above: daylight illumination.
Photograph Below: UV illumination with 254 nm shortwave (SW) ultraviolet illumination. Click here to see more fluorescent minerals
Shortwave ultraviolet illuminated mineral Gypsum var. Desert Rose for sale from Death Valley Playa, Inyo County, California

Photograph Below: UV illumination with 365 nm longwave (LW) ultraviolet illumination. Click here to see more fluorescent minerals
Longwave ultraviolet illuminated mineral Gypsum var. Desert Rose for sale from Death Valley Playa, Inyo County, California

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