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Halite On Nahcolite

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Halite On Nahcolite

ex.John Seibel (Tehachapi/California)

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Description
Locality: 
Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, United States of America
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
15.3 × 12.9 × 8.1 cm
Description

Pink halite crystals on a dark matrix of nahcolite,collected on thelast gem-o-rama at the searles lake

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Halite

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

Nahcolite

Formula: 
NaHCO3
Strunz: 
5.AA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy