gypsum - sand selenite rose from a dry lake near Oujda, Morocco - large hand/display specimen concentrated into a huge dune

concentrated into a huge dune field in present day southern Utah

but bottles from our regular supplier look like they were made by someone working remotely

and small coves south of the park have a high percentage of glass grains in the sand

These attractive clusters are washed

gypsum - sand selenite rose from a dry lake near Oujda, Morocco - large hand/display specimen concentrated into a huge duneSelenite gypsum sand rose CaSO4 2H2O Selenite gypsum sand roses form in seasonal desert lakes as they dry. Selenite is typically transparent, but when it crystallizes in sandy conditions it forms rosettes of flattened crystals, the rose petals, which are either encrusted with sand or with sand embedded throughout. The color of the gypsum crystals depends on the color of the sand in that dry lake. These Moroccan examples are particularly attractive.