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Gypsum var. Selenite with hour-glass shaped zoning from Great Salt Plains, near Jet, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma

 
Gypsum var. Selenite with hour-glass shaped zoning from Great Salt Plains, near Jet, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma

Gypsum var. Selenite with hour-glass shaped zoning from Great Salt Plains, near Jet, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma

Gypsum var. Selenite with hour-glass shaped zoning from Great Salt Plains, near Jet, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Gypsum var. Selenite with hour-glass shaped zoning from Great Salt Plains, near Jet, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Gypsum var. Selenite with hour-glass shaped zoning from Great Salt Plains, near Jet, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma

DESCRIPTION:No. 79255
Mineral:Gypsum var. Selenite with hour-glass shaped zoning
Locality:Great Salt Plains, near Jet, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma
Description:Doubly terminated prismatic selenite crystal, the colorless variety of the mineral species gypsum, with internal hour-glass-shaped zone of brown clay inclusions. One edge has a thin cleavage face. Fluoresces-phosphoresces under LW-SW UV illumination. Ex. Ara T. Dildilvan collection
Overall Size:52x13x6 mm
Crystals:52 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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