| 10090: Gypsum over Pyritized Marine Fossil
- $20 Selmun, Mellieħa, Northern Region, Malta Cabinet - 12.2 x 3.0 x 1.9 cm 102 grams Fluorescent/Phosphorescent (LW) Specimen status: Reserved Send an email with specimen number to order Rusty gypsum crystals have completely
enveloped a fossil of an unidentified marine species. The
gypsum displays bluish fluorescence under longwave UV
(blacklight), with the glow noticeable for a second or
more after the UV is extinguished (i.e., it is
phosphorescent). Photogenically challenged but
mineralogically interesting.
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