A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Carnallite from Strassfurt, Germany |
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| Description | Carnallite is a hydrated potassium magnesium chloride, KMgCl3-6H2O. It forms as a residual mineral when sea water has undergone evaporation. Carnallite precipitates with other evaporate minerals such as sylvite, typically in massive beds. Crystals are rare and unstable because they absorb water from humid air. Carnallite is an ore mineral of potash, a component of many fertilizers. These pieces are 2-3 cm in longest dimension. |
| Location | Germany. Near Strassfurt. |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2001-03-21. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #448. |
| Key words | carnallite, Germany, evaporite |
| Tech details | 332 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 213 |
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