A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Stalactitic gypsum from Nicaragua |
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| Description | This sample formed when gypsum crystallized from slowly flowing water. Drops collected and, as they evaporated, gypsum was deposited. Eventually these small stalactites developed. Most stalactites in caves are made of calcite, but gypsum formations are found in many places. This specimen is 16 cm wide. |
| Location | Nicaragua |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-05. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #849. |
| Key words | gypsum, Nicaragua |
| Tech details | 435 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 612 |
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