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SELENITE

Miscellaneous

• Family: None
• Region: None
• Mined At: Unspecified
• Raw Mineral: Yes
• Generic: No

Notes

(Richard Willis)

Mineral, of the ideal form CaSO₄, 2H₂O with a typical empirical analysis of CaO 32.57%, SO₃ 46.50%, H₂O 29.93%
Hardness: 2 Density: 2.3 Water soluble
A common transparent/translucent, crystal form of gypsum. see alabaster and gypsum

Authors

• Richard Willis (Owner)

Pictures

• Selenite Crystals

  

• Selenite Crystals2

  

XML

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Hardness: 2 Density: 2.3 Water soluble
A common transparent/translucent, crystal form of gypsum. &lt;FONT SIZE=2&gt;see &lt;B&gt;&lt;I&gt;alabaster &lt;/I&gt;&lt;/B&gt;and&lt;B&gt;&lt;I&gt; gypsum&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/B&gt;
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</note>
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<picture description="Selenite Crystals2" filename="selenite_crystals2.jpg"/>
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</material>

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