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Antarcticite In Halite

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Antarcticite In Halite

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Description
Locality: 
Amboy Deposits, Amboy, San Bernardino County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1 × 0.7 cm
Description

Colourless antarctite on halite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Antarcticite

Formula: 
CaCl2·6H2O
Strunz: 
3.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Don Juan Pond, Wright Valley, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

Halite

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