Mineral Name Anhydrite
First Discovered 1804
Nickel-Strunz Classification 07.AD.30
Dana Classification 28.03.02.01
ICSD 16382
Mineral Group Sulfates

 

Bowel Stone is a variety of the mineral anhydrite. For information about anhydrite, please click the article tab at the top of the page, or click -here-.

A variety of anhydrite distinguished by the pattern of formation, which resembles the recurring folds of a bowel.

Bowel Stone can be referenced in certain current and historical texts under the following one name:

     

Bowel Stone has only been found in one place in the world. The map below shows major documented concentration of bowel stone:

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November 29, 2013 The last time this page was updated
 

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