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Polyhalite & Strontioginorite

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Polyhalite & Strontioginorite

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Description
Locality: 
Kohnstein Quarry, Niedersachswerfen, Nordhausen District, Thuringia, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 1.3 cm
Description

Chalky white radial polyhalite and sharp waterclear strontioginorite crystals with anhydrite on clear selenite matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Polyhalite

Formula: 
K2Ca2Mg(SO4)4·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.CC.65
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Ischler Salzberg, Perneck, Bad Ischl, Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria

Strontioginorite

Formula: 
(Sr,Ca)2B14O23·8H2O
Strunz: 
6.FC.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Königshall-Hindenburg Mine, Reyershausen, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany

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