Octahedral and cubic Halite (classic locale) Zukowski Coll.

Lubin, Legnica, Lower Silesia (Dolno?l?skie), Poland
Cabinet, 12.0 x 8.4 x 4.2 cm
Start Time: 02/01/2011 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 02/17/2011 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

A large and showy specimen of octahedral and cubic halite crystals to 3.0 cm from Poland that have this amazingly pretty sea-green color from inclusions of malachite the halites picked up as they grew! You would swear this is a specimen of green fluorite from some new locality, unless you were to lick it an realize that it is SALT (but do not lick it - natural halite specimens can harbor bacteria). The lustrous, waxy/glassy crystals are translucent. Ex Zukowski Collection.

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