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Gypsum

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.5 × 3.8 cm
Description

A French collector has found this gypsum on the way to the Berbes fluorites in the Pyrenees. I do not know the exact location, but I suspect it is from the French side. It is a very nice floater piece that reminds of a star. The crystals are water clear with clay-colored inclusions in the center. Very beautiful specimen from an unknown location!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gypsum

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