Pink halite - Mojave desert- on brass base (0.4kg)
PUMI1843-2
These cubic crystals are American. They come from the Mojave desert in California. The pink Halite is made of Sodium Chloride -rock salt- but it's color is due to a microscopic, salt-loving bacteria, called halobacteria. Those crystals had to grow slowly, that's necessary for large crystals Halite, under a crust of evaporated salt, to protect from the maximum heat, in those ancient lake.
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