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Polyhalite & Sylvite

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Polyhalite & Sylvite

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Description
Locality: 
Carlsbad Caverns, Eddy County, New Mexico, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4.7 × 2.5 cm
Description

Very interesting sample of these rare minerals.

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

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

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