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Bassanite On Gypsum

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Bassanite On Gypsum

ex collection Thorsten Häuser
Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Pöttsching, Mattersburg District, Burgenland, Austria
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.6 × 2.4 cm
Weight: 
16.00gr
Description

White bassanite on a gypsum crystal floater ball. The surfaces of the gypsum crystals have been altered to the rare bassanite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bassanite

Formula: 
CaSO4·0.5H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.45
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

Gypsum

Formula: 
CaSO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White.