Gem fishtail-twinned Gypsum ex. Mullane Coll.

Lake Gilles, Corunna Station, South Australia, Australia
Small Cabinet, 8.0 x 2.4 x 1.5 cm
Start Time: 04/04/2015 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 04/09/2015 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A striking, highly unusual, water-clear, colorless and doubly terminated hourglass twinned gypsum crystal from the famous Lake Gilles of South Australia, Australia. The floater crystal is strikingly included with funnel-shaped clay particles and one termination is a fishtail-twin. Lake Gilles produces some of the most unusual gypsum crystal forms in the world. Essentially pristine, with only the most trivial of edge wear. Most certainly a strange-looking specimen! It looks carved! See the Mineralogical Record article in the May-June, 1982 issue, Vol. 13, No. 3. Ex Mullane Collection. Older material.

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