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Leonite Psm Picromerite

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Leonite Psm Picromerite

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Description
Locality: 
Wintershall Potash Works, Heringen, Werra-Meißner, Hesse, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 5.5 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
4.50cm
Description

From a classic locality also in Germany: leonite as white pseudomorphs after sharp freestanding picromerite crystals to almost 5 cm partely covered by clear halite crystals up to 2cm across.

A fantasic specimen from an old collection.

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