Sylvite

Origin: Carlsbad, Eddy Co., New Mexico, U.S.A.
Owner: Milton Speckels
Sample size: about 5 cm across
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Milton Speckels

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

  
Origin: Strassfurt, Prussia, Germany
Sample size: 2.9 x 2.2 x 0.8 cm
 
  
Sylvite on halite
  
Origin: Niland, Salton Sea, Imperial Co., California, U.S.A.
Sample size: 7.3 x 5.2 x 4.0 cm (top/2nd row), 8.6 x 8.1 x 2.7 cm (3rd/bottom row)
 
  
  
Origin: Salton Sea, Imperial County, California, U.S.A.
Ex. Ed Ruggiero collection
Sample size: 11.5 x 7.5 x 7.0 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

Aggregates of transparent colourless to redbrown 3 mm-1 cm large octahedral crystals; collected in 1981
Origin: Salton Sea area, California, USA
Sample size: 4 x 4.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

Origin: New Mexico, U.S.A.
Sample size: 38 mm wide
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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