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Mexico
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Mexico
The delicate mineral gypsum is usually mined as a source of plaster, but remarkable crystals are sometimes preserved. The transparent and silky varieties are called selenite, and are said to resemble moonlight. This matrix specimen of selenite is covered with several clashing swords of "fish-tail" selenite—a type of...
The delicate mineral gypsum is usually mined as a source of plaster, but remarkable crystals are sometimes preserved. The transparent and silky varieties are called selenite, and are said to resemble moonlight. This matrix specimen of selenite is covered with several clashing swords of "fish-tail" selenite—a type of...
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