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Mineral (Evaporite)

Browse mineral (evaporite) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.

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Halite

Rock Salt

Rock Gypsum

Glauconite

Hutcheonite

Sperrylite

Baddeleyite

Anatase

Brookite

Talc

Euxenite

Eltyubyuite

Selenite (Satin Spar) (Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate) - CaSO4·2H2O) — mineral

Selenite (Satin Spar)

Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate) - CaSO4·2H2O

Satin Spar (Selenite) (Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate) - CaSO4·2H2O) — mineral

Satin Spar (Selenite)

Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate) - CaSO4·2H2O

Satin Spar Selenite (Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate, CaSO4·2H2O)) — mineral

Satin Spar Selenite

Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate, CaSO4·2H2O)

Selenite (Satin Spar Gypsum) (Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate (CaSO4·2H2O)) — mineral

Selenite (Satin Spar Gypsum)

Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate (CaSO4·2H2O)

Likely selenite (gypsum) crystal (Gypsum, CaSO₄·2H₂O; variety likely satin spar or fibrous selenite) — mineral

Likely selenite (gypsum) crystal

Gypsum, CaSO₄·2H₂O; variety likely satin spar or fibrous selenite

Blue Howlite (Dyed) (Dyed Howlite (Calcium Borosilicate Hydroxide, Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5)) — mineral

Blue Howlite (Dyed)

Dyed Howlite (Calcium Borosilicate Hydroxide, Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5)

Blue Howlite (Dyed) (Calcium Borosilicate Hydroxide (Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5)) — mineral

Blue Howlite (Dyed)

Calcium Borosilicate Hydroxide (Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5)

Satin Spar (Gypsum) (Hydrous calcium sulfate (CaSO4·2H2O)) — mineral

Satin Spar (Gypsum)

Hydrous calcium sulfate (CaSO4·2H2O)

Selenite (Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate) - CaSO4·2H2O) — mineral

Selenite

Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate) - CaSO4·2H2O

Barite (Barium Sulfate (BaSO4)) — mineral

Barite

Barium Sulfate (BaSO4)

Howlite, Lava Stone, and Hematite Bracelet (Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5, Basalt, and Fe2O3) — mineral

Howlite, Lava Stone, and Hematite Bracelet

Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5, Basalt, and Fe2O3

Angelite (Anhydrous Calcium Sulfate (CaSO4)) — mineral

Angelite

Anhydrous Calcium Sulfate (CaSO4)

Celestite (Celestine (SrSO4)) — mineral

Celestite

Celestine (SrSO4)

Selenite (satin-spar gypsum) (Gypsum, CaSO₄·2H₂O; fibrous variety commonly called satin spar) — mineral

Selenite (satin-spar gypsum)

Gypsum, CaSO₄·2H₂O; fibrous variety commonly called satin spar

Angelite (Blue Anhydrite) (Anhydrite (Calcium Sulfate, CaSO4)) — mineral

Angelite (Blue Anhydrite)

Anhydrite (Calcium Sulfate, CaSO4)

Howlite (Calcium borosilicate hydroxide (Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5)) — mineral

Howlite

Calcium borosilicate hydroxide (Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5)

Pink halite (rock salt) (Halite (NaCl), likely colored by trace impurities) — mineral

Pink halite (rock salt)

Halite (NaCl), likely colored by trace impurities

Clear gypsum (selenite) (Gypsum, CaSO₄·2H₂O; selenite is its transparent to translucent crystalline variety) — mineral

Clear gypsum (selenite)

Gypsum, CaSO₄·2H₂O; selenite is its transparent to translucent crystalline variety

Satin Spar (often sold as Selenite) (Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate, CaSO4·2H2O)) — mineral

Satin Spar (often sold as Selenite)

Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate, CaSO4·2H2O)

Satin Spar Selenite (Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate) - CaSO4·2H2O) — mineral

Satin Spar Selenite

Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate) - CaSO4·2H2O

Satin Spar (Selenite) (Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate) - CaSO4·2H2O) — mineral

Satin Spar (Selenite)

Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate) - CaSO4·2H2O

Satin Spar Selenite (Satin Spar (Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate, CaSO4·2H2O)) — mineral

Satin Spar Selenite

Satin Spar (Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate, CaSO4·2H2O)

Satin Spar (Gypsum) (Gypsum var. satin spar (CaSO4·2H2O)) — mineral

Satin Spar (Gypsum)

Gypsum var. satin spar (CaSO4·2H2O)

Likely gypsum (selenite/alabaster), possibly a weathered evaporite fragment (Gypsum, CaSO₄·2H₂O) — mineral

Likely gypsum (selenite/alabaster), possibly a weathered evaporite fragment

Gypsum, CaSO₄·2H₂O

Desert rose (gypsum) (Gypsum, CaSO₄·2H₂O; commonly a rosette of bladed gypsum crystals, sometimes with sand inclusions) — mineral

Desert rose (gypsum)

Gypsum, CaSO₄·2H₂O; commonly a rosette of bladed gypsum crystals, sometimes with sand inclusions

Gypsum (desert rose and selenite) (Gypsum, CaSO₄·2H₂O; the left specimen resembles a desert rose, the right a selenite crystal) — mineral

Gypsum (desert rose and selenite)

Gypsum, CaSO₄·2H₂O; the left specimen resembles a desert rose, the right a selenite crystal

Blue Celestine (Celestine (SrSO4)) — mineral

Blue Celestine

Celestine (SrSO4)

Howlite (Calcium borosilicate hydroxide (Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5)) — mineral

Howlite

Calcium borosilicate hydroxide (Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5)

Dyed Howlite (Dyed Red) (Calcium Borosilicate Hydroxide (Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5)) — mineral

Dyed Howlite (Dyed Red)

Calcium Borosilicate Hydroxide (Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5)

Likely gypsum (selenite) (Gypsum — CaSO₄·2H₂O) — mineral

Likely gypsum (selenite)

Gypsum — CaSO₄·2H₂O

Likely selenite (gypsum) cleavage fragment (Gypsum, CaSO₄·2H₂O; selenite is its transparent-to-translucent crystalline variety) — mineral

Likely selenite (gypsum) cleavage fragment

Gypsum, CaSO₄·2H₂O; selenite is its transparent-to-translucent crystalline variety

Halite (Halite (Sodium Chloride, NaCl)) — mineral

Halite

Halite (Sodium Chloride, NaCl)

Halite (Rock Salt) (Halite (Sodium Chloride, NaCl)) — mineral

Halite (Rock Salt)

Halite (Sodium Chloride, NaCl)

Gypsum (selenite) (Gypsum, CaSO₄·2H₂O; crystalline variety commonly called selenite) — mineral

Gypsum (selenite)

Gypsum, CaSO₄·2H₂O; crystalline variety commonly called selenite

Selenite (Satin Spar Variety) (Gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O)) — mineral

Selenite (Satin Spar Variety)

Gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O)

Satin Spar Selenite (Gypsum) (Calcium sulfate dihydrate (CaSO4·2H2O)) — mineral

Satin Spar Selenite (Gypsum)

Calcium sulfate dihydrate (CaSO4·2H2O)

Satin Spar Selenite (Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate) - CaSO4·2H2O) — mineral

Satin Spar Selenite

Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate) - CaSO4·2H2O

Satin Spar (Selenite) (Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate, CaSO4·2H2O)) — mineral

Satin Spar (Selenite)

Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate, CaSO4·2H2O)

Pink Halite (Sodium chloride (NaCl)) — mineral

Pink Halite

Sodium chloride (NaCl)

Clear selenite (gypsum) (Gypsum, CaSO₄·2H₂O; selenite is its transparent to translucent crystalline variety) — mineral

Clear selenite (gypsum)

Gypsum, CaSO₄·2H₂O; selenite is its transparent to translucent crystalline variety

Howlite (Calcium borosilicate hydroxide (Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5)) — mineral

Howlite

Calcium borosilicate hydroxide (Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5)

Howlite (Calcium borosilicate hydroxide (Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5)) — mineral

Howlite

Calcium borosilicate hydroxide (Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5)