AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Peru > Gypsum (twinned crystals) |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 65179 |
Mineral: | Gypsum (twinned crystals) |
Locality: | Salinas de Otuma, Pisco Province, Ica Department, Peru |
Description: | Cluster of lustrous transparent yellow-orange gypsum crystals that fluoresce white under SW UV illumination and phosphoresce when illumination is extinguished. Two larger gypsum crystals stand proud of the rest and are contact-twinned on {100}. Ex. D. Miller collection #M1983 |
Overall Size: | 7.5x6.5x4 cm |
Crystals: | 3-26 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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