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Carnallite On Halite

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Carnallite On Halite

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Description
Locality: 
Kraja Shaft, Bleicherode, Nordhausen, Thuringia, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
11 × 25 × 11 cm
Description

A giant floater specimen of glass clear glossy halite crystals with plenty of single arranged prismatic glass clear carnallite crystals. The red coloration is coused by some iron oxides included into the halite. The crystals both, halite and carnallite reach a size of up to 3 cm. The sample would also make a very good impression standing upright. A killer sample.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Carnallite

Formula: 
KMgCl3·6H2O
Strunz: 
3.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Halite

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

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Marco Drechsel

SPK Mittelsachsen

SWIFT/BIC-Code: WELADED1FGX

IBAN: DE49 870520004111076110