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Title:
Satin Spar with rotting pyrite
Object name(s):
Mineralogical Collection The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; SULPHATES
Brief description:
A fibrous variety of gypsum with a white silky lustre. Fibrous aggregates of elongated satin crystals. Light, with a white streak. Hardness of ~2.
Collection:
University of St Andrews
Object name:
Mineralogical Collection The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; SULPHATES
Object number:
GE11947
Responsible department/section:
GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/4ac4a215-783f-331a-964d-74b770909fc3

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/4ac4a215-783f-331a-964d-74b770909fc3, University of St Andrews, CC BY-NC

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