Specimen #444

Name: Selenite (2 colors/generations)

Type: Mineral

Locality: Whyalla Norrie, South Australia, Australia

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

Size: 10.8 x 7.4 x 4.9 cm

Weight: 107

Acquired: 2007-05-17

Source: Arkenstone Auction

Label: N

Comment: This is a very unusual and pretty specimen of selenite from Australia. It formed in two generations as an evaporate from a pool of gypsum-rich water that was run-off from sedimentary bedrock - first, as yellow crystals, and later, as superimposed orange ones. Beautiful!

Minerals: Selenite

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