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Gypsum var. Selenite Rose from Colorado Springs (parking lot of McDonalds construction site), El Paso County, Colorado

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DESCRIPTION:	No. 77862
Mineral:	Gypsum var. Selenite Rose
Locality:	Colorado Springs (parking lot of McDonalds construction site), El Paso County, Colorado
Description:	Translucent yellow-gray gypsum crystals in rosette-shaped formation, fully crystallized on all sides with no point of attachment. The gypsum crystals have a satin surface luster and fluoresce white under LW and SW UV illumination. Site now paved over. See Denver show report in Mineral News, January 1992, pages 6-7. Originally acquired in February 1992
Overall Size:	3.5x3x2.5 cm
Crystals:	5-22 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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