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Tachyhydrite & Anhydrite

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Tachyhydrite & Anhydrite

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Description
Locality: 
Stassfurt, Saxony - Anhalt, Germany
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.5 × 0.4 × 0.4 cm
Description

Tachyhydrite and anhydrite in capsula

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tachyhydrite

Formula: 
CaMg2Cl6·12H2O
Strunz: 
3.BB.35
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Anhydrite

Formula: 
CaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Salt mine, Hall valley, Hall, Innsbruck, Inn valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria