Gemstone Blog — Desert Rose

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Have you ever come across a mineral specimen that looks just like a blooming flower? Introducing the Desert Rose, also known as the Selenite Rose, a captivating formation of gypsum that mimics the delicate petals of a rose.

The Desert Rose gets its name from the fact that they form in arid, desert-like environments and form with a "rosette" crystal habit creating petal formations in the mineral.