Gypsum

  
Gypusm partially included with green malachite
  
  
Gypusm included with green malachite, gypsum and atacamite
Origin:  Lilly Mine, Peru
Sample size: 5.9 x 3.8 x 2.1 cm (top/2nd row), 7.4 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm (3rd/bottom row)
 
  
Origin: Red River Floodway, nr. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Sample size: 5.6 x 5.2 x 5.2 cm
 
  
  
Origin: Whyalla Norrie, South Australia, Australia
Sample size: 21.1 x 16.2 x 9.1 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

1 cm large gypsum crystals in matrix
Origin: Saba, The Netherlands Antilles
Sample size: 2.5 x 4 cm
 
9 cm long intergrown gypsum crystals
Origin: St. Eustatius, The Netherlands Antilles
Sample size: 4 x 9 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

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