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Leonite Psm Picromerite & Halite

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Leonite Psm Picromerite & Halite

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Neuhof-Ellers Potash Works, Neuhof, Fulda, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
15.5 × 12.5 × 5 cm
Description

One of the rare pseudomorphs of white, blocky leonite after picromerite crystals on colorless to pale brownish halite.

Very good old specimen from Armin Wendland 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

Halite

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