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Bischofite & Carnallite

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Bischofite & Carnallite

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Description
Locality: 
Leopoldshall, Stassfurt, Saxony - Anhalt, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm
Description

Bischofite and carnalite in a glas capsula

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bischofite

Formula: 
MgCl2·6H2O
Strunz: 
3.BB.15
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Leopoldshall, Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Carnallite

Formula: 
KMgCl3·6H2O
Strunz: 
3.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany