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Leonite Psm Picromerite & Halite

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Leonite Psm Picromerite & Halite

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Description
Locality: 
Hattorf Potash Works, Phillippsthal, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.9 × 4.8 × 4.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
4.00cm
Description

A 4 cm crystal of waterclear picromerite, partly replaced by white, opaque leonite (because of this it looks 'spotted' on the pictures), is the center of this outstanding specimen.

Some colorless, transparent halite crysal on one side.

Much better in nature.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Leonite

Formula: 
K2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
7.CC.55
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Westeregeln, Egeln, Stassfurt Potash deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Picromerite

Formula: 
K2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O
Strunz: 
7.CC.60
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

Halite

Formula: 
NaCl
Strunz: 
3.AA.20
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White

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