Specimen #347
Name: Selenite Desert Rose
Type: Mineral
Locality: Mongolia
Favorite? N
Fluorescent? N
Size: 24.1 x 16.5 cm
Weight: 3389
Acquired: 2007-01-20
Source: Ebay: MineralMatrix
Label: N
Comment: Rosette shaped gypsum with outer druse of sand or with sand throughout - most often sand colored (in all the colors that sand can exhibit) Desert roses are most often bladed, exhibiting the familiar shape of a rose, and almost always have an exterior druse. Desert roses are almost always unattached to a matrix or base rock; most often found lying around.
Minerals: Selenite
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