A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Fine grained gypsum (alabaster) |
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| Description | Gypsum has many different appearances. Often it is massive and fine grained, and we call it alabaster. Fibrous varieties are called satin spar. Coarser, clear bladed varieties are called selenite. This sample of alabaster is about 10.5 cm across. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-05. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #787. |
| Key words | gypsum, alabaster |
| Tech details | 750 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 628 |
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