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Sylvite

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Description
Locality: 
Wittelsheim, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.4 × 12 × 2.1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.90cm
Weight: 
213.00gr
Description

Big banded aggregate of orange sylvite and white cubic halite from the Wittelsheim at Mulhouse. The top of the specimen has some distorted cubic crystals of sylvite of orange core, covered by a crust of yellow fluorescent minute crystals of an unknown species. Good representative specimen from this classic potash district.

Acquired in 25/06/1994. Ex Gustaaf collection #491, with his handwritten label.

Combine specimens to reduce shipping costs!.

Mineral Data
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Sylvite

Formula: 
KCl
Strunz: 
3.AA.20
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

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