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Syngenite

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Syngenite

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Description
Locality: 
Sigmundshall Mine, Bokeloh, Hanover Region, Lower Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 6 × 3 cm
Description

Blades of iron stained syngenite on halite. The crystals have a maximum size of approx. 2cm. Rare mineral, closely related to antofagastaite.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Syngenite

Formula: 
K2Ca(SO4)2·H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.35
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kalusa salt deposit (Kalusz), Ivano-Frankivs'k Oblast' (Ivanovo-Frankovsk Oblast'), Ukraine...