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Selenite

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Selenite

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Description
Locality: 
Ebensee, Gmunden District, Upper Austria, Austria
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 4.1 × 4.4 cm
Description

Here we have a truly outstanding example of selenite from Austria. Sharp defined and highly lustrous crystal cluster of selenite from Enensee. The colour is a deep satturated orange with also some nice zonings visible. The main crystal is sitting on top of a bed made up of dozens of smaller crystals which gives a super esthetic appearence to the specimen. The discovery of these fantastic crystals was in 1988.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Selenite

Variety Of: 

Gypsum

Formula: 
CaSO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Hardness: 
0.0