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Sylvite & Halite

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Sylvite & Halite

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Description
Locality: 
Niedersachsen Potash Works, Wathlingen, Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 5 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

Cluster of transparent crystals of Sylvite (cubes modified by octahedron ) and halite (cubes only) with o brown ornge hue. Mine closed in 1996. Specimen from the 1970´s.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Halite

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

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