| 01492: Calcite and Gypsum - $10 Joplin Field, Jasper County, Missouri Miniature - 3.9 x 3.6 x 2.4 cm 34 grams Fluorescent (LW/SW) Specimen status: Reserved Send an email with specimen number to order A pair of conjoined, pyramidal calcite
crystals having an unidentified, white overgrowth (gypsum?
calcite?). Straddling the valley between the calcites is a
nest of colorless gypsum needles to about 1 cm in length.
Fluorescent; the coating glows white under longwave UV
(blacklight) whereas under shortwave UV the calcites are a
spotty orange color. Self standing for display on its sawn
base. One calcite is contacted on the rear of its
termination while the smaller calcite is pristine.
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