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Pringleite In Sylvite

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Pringleite In Sylvite

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Description
Locality: 
PCS Mine, Penobsquis, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 0.2 × 0.2 cm
Description

Pringleite in sylvite in capsula

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pringleite

Formula: 
Ca9B26O34(OH)24Cl4·13H2O
Strunz: 
6.GD.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Mine (PCS Mine; Potash Corporation of America Mine), Penobsquis, Cardwell Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada

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