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Halite from Soda Lake, Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo County, California

 
Halite from Soda Lake, Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo County, California

Halite from Soda Lake, Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo County, California

Halite from Soda Lake, Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo County, California

Halite from Soda Lake, Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo County, California

Halite from Soda Lake, Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo County, California

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Halite from Soda Lake, Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo County, California

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Halite from Soda Lake, Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo County, California

DESCRIPTION:No. 77599
Mineral:Halite
Locality:Soda Lake, Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo County, California
Description:Lustrous translucent white-colorless cubic halite crystals on an earlier generation of smaller halite crystals. This halite specimen is not from the common Searles Lake deposit, but from the little-collected Soda Dry Lake locality. Originally acquired from Al Rose (Fallbrook, Ca.) in August 1998. The halite fluoresces under LW and SW ultraviolet illumination.
Overall Size:6x4.5x3 cm
Crystals:1-12 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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