Gypsum, 5656


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Description

Two clusters of colorless satiny, thick tabular crystals of gypsum, variety selenite. Both clusters are penetration twins of two to three crystals.


Subject

  • Geology
  • Mineralogy


Details

Date
1805
Creator
Tuomey, Michael, 1805-1857
Publisher
University of South Carolina. McKissick Museum.
Coverage
James River, Virginia, United States
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists