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Description: Desert Rose – Collected from Mexico!nnDo you see it? The rose-like formation of this gypsum mineral specimen? This is an example of desert rose, a cluster of gypsum with a unique growth pattern of flattened crystal “petals.” Those petals enclose sand grains as they grow, and fan open in a circular series of flat plates which resemble a rose blossom. This specimen is about ten inches in diameter and weighs nearly eleven pounds!nnGypsum is not the only mineral crystal which can be a desert r
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