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Halite

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Description
Locality: 
Merkers, Krayenberggemeinde, Wartburg, Thuringia, Germany
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 4.6 × 0.9 cm
Description

Rare material from a discovery before 1989. It shows this really fantastic vitriol blue to dark magenta color. The zonings are razor sharp and faces are very glossy. Very rare material, the color is very eye-catcing and even better in person!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Halite

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