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Gypsum from Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

 
Gypsum from Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Gypsum from Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Gypsum from Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Gypsum from Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Gypsum from Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

DESCRIPTION:No. 65404
Mineral:Gypsum
Locality:Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Description:Classic specimen of lustrous transparent yellow gypsum crystals in a spherical cluster with a pair larger gypsum crystals that are contact twinned on {100}. The gypsum fluoresces white under SW UV illumination and phosphoresces. Ex. D. Miller collection #M1047
Overall Size:5.5x4.5x4 cm
Crystals:3-18 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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