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Sylvite & Halite

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Sylvite & Halite

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Description
Locality: 
Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.4 × 6.4 × 2.8 cm
Weight: 
88.00gr
Description

A representative block of coarse-grained “sylvinite” from the classic potash mines at Mulhouse, with cleaved colourless halite crystals and orange coloured sylvite. This is from the collection of Bob Janssens, a Belgian Geologist, who exchanged the piece in 1982. A copy of the label will be provided with the specimen.

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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

Halite

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

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