- desert roses
- barytes or gypsum concretions whose shapes resemble roses
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desert roses
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Selenite — This article is about the mineral: for other meanings, see Selenite (disambiguation). Selenite, satin spar, desert rose, and gypsum flower are four varieties of gypsum; all four varieties show obvious crystalline structure. The four crystalline… … Wikipedia
