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Picromerite & Halite

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Picromerite & Halite

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Description
Locality: 
Neuhof-Ellers Potash Works, Neuhof, Fulda, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
23 × 14 × 11 cm
Description

THis is an attractive and interesting cluster of white Picromerite crystals with gemmy clear halite crystals.

Ex Armin Wendland collection

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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