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Selenite from
Highland Gypsum Quarry, Highland, Pike County, Arkansas, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Gypsum var: Selenite
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Comments:Occurs in De Quen Limestone member of the Trinity group (Cretaceous).
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Selenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Highland Gypsum Quarry, Highland, Pike County, Arkansas, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:68416
Long-form Identifier:1:3:68416:7
GUID (UUID V4):7504410c-6624-4978-b463-2be174d2c3de
Nearest other occurrences of Selenite
5.0km (3.1 miles) Plaster Bluff workings, Plaster Bluff, Murfreesboro, Pike County, Arkansas, USA
11.7km (7.3 miles) Certain Teed Gypsum Mine (Briar Gypsum Mine; Weyerhauser Mine; BPB Mine; James Hardy Mine; Dierks Mine), Briar, Howard County, Arkansas, USA
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