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Halite from Searles Lake, east of Trona, San Bernardino County, California

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DESCRIPTION:	No. 73040
Mineral:	Halite
Locality:	Searles Lake, east of Trona, San Bernardino County, California
Description:	Spherical cluster of many pale-pink (nearly colorless) cubic halite crystals over an earlier generation of smaller pale-brown halite crystals. The halite crystals exhibit hoppered habit, with parallel depressed center faces and prominent edge faces. Ex. D. Miller collection #M1289; collected ca. 1999. Water soluble
Overall Size:	8x8x6 cm
Crystals:	1-14 mm
Status:	Sold - Posted here for reference only
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