Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.
Selenite satin spar desert rose and gypsum flower are four varieties of the mineral gypsum; all four varieties show obvious crystalline structure. The four crystalline varieties of gypsum are sometimes grouped together and called selenite.All varieties of gypsum including selenite and alabaster are composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate (meaning has two molecules of water) with the chemical formula CaSO4·2H2O.
