Selenite (Gypsum)

Item number: MIN5719

Price: EUR 47.00 

(incl. sales tax 7%).Gross price is indicated for recipient country = Germany. Net EUR 43.93. Amount of sales tax depends on delivery address (EU sales tax reform as of July 1, 2021). Country setting can be changed in the shopping cart.

         Translucent golden-orange Selenite cluster with individual crystals up to 6 cm in size. Some of the bigger crystals showing "phantom" zones of growth. The specimen demonstrates the dynamic of crystalization by evaporization from a pool of gypsum-rich water. The first chunky crystals slow crystallized slowly, so that the skinny ones indicate sudden and spontaneous crystallization. 

Size 110x80x70 mm
Crystal size (max.) 60 mm
Weight 300 g
Locality Whyalla, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia

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