Crystal Prospect

SELENITE GYPSUM – Laguna Guzman, Chinuahua, Mexico

Selenite Gypsum - the tan color is due to sand inclusions. Exhibits a pale colored fluorescence, with LW response being brighter; faint phosphorescence after SW irradiation may be difficult to notice.

from a dry lake bed of Laguna Guzman (Lago Guzman), Rancho Salias Terrazas, Mun. de Villa Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico

Measures approximately 3.25 x 3 x 2.5 inch, 7.15 oz / 83 x 76 x 63 mm, 203g

this specimen is featured on mindat, minID: A3Y-TCU

Price: 20.00 USD

Item # A0730115   #10   

To show the fluorescent response the specimen was illuminated using 6 watt 254nm (Short Wave) / 366nm (Long Wave) UVGL-58 lamp (you need a proper UV light source to observe the fluorescence, more powerful lamp = brighter response).