Daisy Bed Gypsum, from Birks Head Mine, Vale of Eden, South Eastern Region, Cumbria, UK (REF:DBGYP2)

A member of selenite family called 'daisy bed' due to the radiating form the selenite crystals grow in, similar to that of flowers.

Gypsum forms in masses, fibres, and prismatic, needle-like and tabular crystals. May be white, colourless/clear, green, brown/yellow, grey, pink, blue, red, brown, black or orange. Selenite is the crystalline form of gypsum. Alabaster is the massive form. Gypsum is the fibrous form.