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Kieserite

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Kieserite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Bischofferode Potash Works, Bleicherode, Nordhausen, Thuringia, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3.5 × 3.4 cm
Description

You are bidding on a large and fine example of the rare sulfate species kierserite from this classic potash mine. Rich colorless to orange-red masses of the mineral fill voids in slt matrix. 

Mineral Data
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Kieserite

Formula: 
MgSO4·H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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