Specimen #2568

Name: Quartz after Gypsum rose

Type: Mineral

Locality: Crawford, Dawes County, Nebraska

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

Size: 2.9 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm

Weight:

Acquired: 2021-10-24

Source: Trinity: Bob & Lisa Williamson

Label: N

Comment: My first Nebraska speciment. At this locality in Nebraska, gypsum roses are replaced by quartz. No longer collected, these date to the heydays of American field collecting in the 1960s.

Minerals: Gypsum (CaSO4 2(H2O)) Quartz (SiO2)

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