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Anhydrite

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Description
Locality: 
Kohnstein Quarry, Niedersachswerfen, Nordhausen District, Thuringia, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 3.5 × 2.8 cm
Description

A large and gemmy, well terminated anhydrite crystal sitting on a bed of crystallized anhydrite from the famous locale in Germany.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Anhydrite

Formula: 
CaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Salt mine, Hall valley, Hall, Innsbruck, Inn valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria