Gypsum Selenite Cluster from Tuscany, Italy TF8000 saraswati Unlike precious opal

Unlike precious opal

are dispersed with deep maroon colored sphalerite crystals

Specularite has been used historically as a decorative stone and pigment

From the Korshunovskiy Mine

On three of the quartz faces there are crystals of anatase

Gypsum Selenite Cluster from Tuscany, Italy TF8000 saraswati Unlike precious opalApprox. Dimensions: 7. 5 x 7 x 4 inches Approx. Weight: 1491 grams Locality: Saline Di Volterra, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy Saline, the most important town in the municipality of Volterra, owes its name to the salt deposits under the ground and to its long history in the extraction of salt throughout the centuries. This specimen of gypsum selenite was collected from Saline and features grayish opaque crystals with "fishtail" terminations. These