[Rockhounds] Desert rose in situ

[Lyle Pai]

Dear Rik,

There are several pictures of Sandrose (desert roses) in situ in Bert Ottens book on Chinese minerals starting from page 217...

They were taken at Dongwuqi in Inner Mongolia.

Hope that helps...
Lyle

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rik Dillen" <rik.dillen at skynet.be>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 4:50 AM
Subject: [Rockhounds] Desert rose in situ


> Hi all,
> 
> Some time ago my friend Prof. Dr René Van Tassel (to whom the mineral
> species vantasselite is named), who is more than 90 years old (I will keep
> his exact age secret), but still very active in mineralogy (!), asked me if
> I could find somewhere one or more photos of desert roses (gypsum roses) IN
> SITU (whatever locality).
> If someone could provide me with a photo of such desert roses, perhaps half
> buried in the sand he would do me a big favor.
> He would just like to see how that looks like.
> 
> No photos of desert roses as such needed, only if they are still in their
> natural environment.
> 
> Thanks and best regards,
> 
> Rik DILLEN 
> E-mail rik.dillen at skynet.be 
> Homepage : http://users.skynet.be/rik.dillen 
> 
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