Halite

Origin: Wielickzka, Poland

Picture height: 23 mm

Sample owner: M.A. Zakrzewski

 

 

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Hopper crystals

Origin: Searless Lake, Trona, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

Sample size: 5 x 5 x 4 cm

 

 

Origin: Bergmannssegen, Lehrte/Hannover, Germany

Sample size: 5 x 5 x 2 cm

 

Origin: Mulhouse, France

Sample size: 4 x 3 x 3 cm

 

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Hopper crystals

Sample size: largest crystal about 2 cm

Sample size: largest crystal about 2 cm

Sample size: about 5 cm

  

Origin: Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, U.S.A.

Owner: Milton Speckels

Sample size: crystals about 1-1.5 cm (left), crystal about 5 cm wide (right)

 

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Halite under SW-UV light

Origin: Heringen, Werra, Hessen, Germany

Owner: Axel Emmermann

Sample size: crystals to 5 cm

 

The strong red fluorescence is most probably caused by the presence of manganese and lead, analogous to the activation mechanisms in most red fluorescing calcite. However, defects in the crystal lattice of halite are known to cause fluorescence too. Without a chemical analysis we cannot be certain about the true mechanism of this quite enthusiastic luminescence.

 

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Origin: Wieliczka, Poland

Sample size: 13 x 10 x 6 cm

 

  

Origin: Rocanville, Saskatchewan, Canada

Sample size: 16.8 x 14.9 x 5.2 cm

 

  

Halite on nahcolite

Origin: Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 13.0 x 11.4 x 5.6 cm

 

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Nice clusters of white halite cubes crystallized on wood

Origin: Potash Coorporation of Saskatchewan Allan, Allan, Saskatchewan, Canada

Sample size: miniature

 

Origin: Amelie Quarry, Wittelsheim near Mulhouse, France

Sample size: 2 x 4 cm

 

Origin: Western shore of the Death Sea, Israel

Sample size: 4.5 x 5 cm,. 5 x 10 cm

 

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Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  

Origin: P.C.S. Rocanville, Rocanville, Saskatchewan, Canada

Sample size: 7 x 6 x 14 cm

 

  

Origin: Krakow Saltworks, Wieliczka, Poland

Sample size: 10 x 7 x 17.5 cm

 

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Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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