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Blödite

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Soda Lake, San Luis Obispo County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 3.1 × 1.9 cm
Description

Good lustrous crystal of blödite with well-developed faces and edges coloured in grey by clay inclusions. It is a floater piece, in pristine condition, no damages!. Excellent material from the Soda Lake.

Acquired in 1977, it is an Ex. Georges Vanacker* specimen.

*Vanackerite from Tsumeb is named after him.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Blödite

Formula: 
Na2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
7.CC.50
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Ischler Salzberg, Perneck, Bad Ischl, Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria

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