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Sylvite

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Description
Locality: 
Hattorf Potash Works, Phillippsthal, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5.1 × 3 cm
Description

Aggregate of interpenetrated orange coloured crystals of sylvite, from the Hattorf Potash Mines.

Bought in 1989, it is an Ex. Dr. Bob Janssens specimen, #197.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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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