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Gypsum On Halite

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Gypsum On Halite

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Description
Locality: 
Bleicherode, Nordhausen, Thuringia, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 5 × 7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
5.00cm
Description

Beautiful specimen of a large gypsum crystal of 5 cm with some smaller crystals on a bed of gemmy clear halite cubes.

Atractive specimen !
 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gypsum

Formula: 
CaSO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White.

Halite

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