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Sanderite

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Description
Locality: 
Niedersachsen Potash Works, Wathlingen, Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.5 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm
Description

Several white crystal aggregates in a capsule of the very rare mineral with a simple chemistry (MgSO4. 2 H2O) sanderite from the type locality in Germany in a completely analyzed specimen by SEM/EDS, see copy enclosed.

Only 5 localities known worldwide !

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sanderite

Formula: 
MgSO4 · 2H2O
Strunz: 
6/C.01-70
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Type Locality: 
Niedersachsen Potash Works, Wathlingen, Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany

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