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Selenite from
Acme Cement Plaster Company workings (Navajo Gypsum & Fertilizer), Winslow, Navajo Co., Arizona, USA

Description
Comments:Mined as large plates in upper member Permian Supai Formation.
Quality of samples:not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 242; Peirce, H.W. & T.A. Gerrard (1966), Evaporite deposits of the Permian Holbrook Basin, AZ, 2nd. Symposium on Salt. Northern Ohio Geological Soc., Inc. 1: 1-10; Stone, R.W. (1920), Gypsum deposits of the US, USGS Bull. 697: 51; Galbraith, F.W. & Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 60.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Selenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Acme Cement Plaster Company workings (Navajo Gypsum & Fertilizer), Winslow, Navajo Co., Arizona, USA
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