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Desert Rose Selenite Mineral Cluster
Desert Rose Selenite Mineral Cluster
Desert Rose Selenite Mineral Cluster
  • Desert Rose Selenite Mineral Cluster
  • 6 x 12 x 5 in (15.24 x 30.48 x 12.7 cm)
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This specimen from Mexico is made up of Gypsum crystals and Calcium sulfate that have been deposited in a circular pattern around sand grains as water evaporates from shallow salt basins believed to have taken a few hundred years to form into this delicate rose structure.

  • Subject Matter: Mineral
  • Collections: Von Schmidt Family Trust Minerals Collection

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