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Halite

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Description
Locality: 
Merkers, Krayenberggemeinde, Wartburg, Thuringia, Germany
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.8 × 0.6 cm
Description

Blue transparent colour zoned Halite. Acording to Calas et al. (2021) the blue colour comes from metal Na nanoparticles, 2.5–3 nm in diameter. Similar nanoparticles impart red colour to villiaumite. ( Mindat )

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Halite

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

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