| 14202: Gypsum variety Selenite and Calcite
- $20 Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey Miniature - 5.9 x 3.9 x 2.2 cm 26 grams Fluorescent (SW) Ex Neal Yedlin Specimen status: Reserved Send an email with specimen number to order A mostly translucent gypsum (variety
selenite) cleavage specimen with dark matrix inclusions.
Some spots glow a brilliant orange under shortwave UV,
revealing the presence of calcite not otherwise seen with
the naked eye. The provenance renders this specimen
somewhat more interesting than the typical Franklin gypsum: it carries an old Neal Yedlin label, dating the
specimen to sometime before 1978 (and probably much
early...the 1940's...when Yedlin switched exclusively to
micromounts).
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