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Syngenite & Halite

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Syngenite & Halite

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Description
Locality: 
Kalusa Salt Deposit, Ivanovo-Frankovsk Oblast, Ukraine
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 7 × 5 cm
Description

Silky white to colorless crystals of rare syngenite in combination with halite on matrix from the type locality for the species. This rare mineral comes from an old collection and was acquired in 1967. Two old collection labels are included.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Syngenite

Formula: 
K2Ca(SO4)2·H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.35
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kalusa salt deposit (Kalusz), Ivano-Frankivs'k Oblast' (Ivanovo-Frankovsk Oblast'), Ukraine...

Halite

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