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Gem fishtail-twinned Gypsum (Schlichter Coll.)
- Lake Gilles, Corunna Station, South Australia, Australia
- Small Cabinet, 7.1 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm
- Start Time: 07/19/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 07/26/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A striking, highly unusual, water-clear, colorless and doubly terminated hourglass twinned gypsum crystal from the famous Lake Gilles of South Australia, Australia. The floater crystal is strikingly included with funnel-shaped clay particles and both terminations are fishtail-twins. Lake Gilles produces some of the most unusual gypsum crystal forms in the world. Essentially pristine, with only very trivial edge wear. Most certainly a VERY strange-looking specimen! It looks carved! See the Mineralogical Record article in the May-June, 1982 issue, Vol. 13, No. 3. Ex Schlichter Collection. Older material.