Mineral: Halite
Locality: Bleicherode, Nordhausen District, Thuringia/Thüringen, Germany
Dimensions: 8,0 x 10,5 x 24,0 cm

Description: Main crystal size: 6,2 cm Stacked tabular square halite crystals with a white/grey color near the center and colorless at the edges, topped by a large (7 cm) amber colored gypsum crystal studded with small colorless halite cubes. Small gypsum crystals are present throughout the specimen which fluoresces heavily under short UV with additional phosphorescence of the gypsum crystals. MIM number 1551 Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence

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