A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Kieserite from Strassfurt, Saxony, Germany |
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| Description | Kieserite is a marine evaporite mineral that is not very stable. It has composition MgSO4·H2O. When exposed to moist air, it converts to epsomite, which contains seven H2O instead of one. |
| Location | Germany ▹ Saxony. Near Strassfurt. |
| Photographer | Twyla Baker. 2001-06-06. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #868. |
| Key words | Kieserite |
| Tech details | 482 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 657 |
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