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Gypsum from Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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DESCRIPTION:	No. 80749
Mineral:	Gypsum
Locality:	Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Description:	Transparent yellow gypsum crystals to 32 mm, exhibiting contact twinning, protruding from a 45 mm spherical cluster of smaller gypsum crystals. Fully crystallized all around with no attachment point. Fluoresces under LW-SW UV and phosphoresces.
Overall Size:	6.5x6.5x5 cm
Crystals:	4-32 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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