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a crystal named for the moon that dissolves quietly in the rain it pretends to outlast
means A translucent, glassy variety of gypsum that forms in clear crystals or sheets, soft enough to scratch with a fingernail and prone to dissolving in water.
from From the Greek selēnitēs lithos, "moonstone" or "stone of the moon," built on Selēnē, the moon goddess — named for the pale, moonlit sheen of its crystal faces. The same goddess lends her name to the element selenium, her sister metal.
- moon namesake
- Named for Selene, Greek goddess of the moon
- water-soluble
- Dissolves in water despite looking eternally solid
- soft mineral
- Scratchable with a fingernail, ranking 2 on Mohs
- giant crystals
- Mexico's Naica cave holds 36-foot selenite beams
- actually gypsum
- Just crystallized gypsum, same stuff as drywall