27055: Gypsum variety Selenite - $20 Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece Small cabinet - 10.4 x 8.7 x 0.6 cm 76 grams Specimen status: Available Send an email with specimen number to order Correctly used, 'selenite' describes
clear, colorless gypsum. The term is grossly overused,
sometimes not even in reference to gypsum! This specimen,
however, clearly deserves the moniker: it is a gypsum
cleavage slab, half selenite (very water clear and very
colorless), with the other half having a brown to green
gray color due to abundant, fine grained iron
oxide/hydroxide (?) inclusions. The division between the
selenite and included zones is very sharp. An excellent
example from this 2017 find which (to my knowledge) has
not been repeated. Better in person than my historically
lousy photos suggest.
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