Syngenite

Image

Colourless elongated tabular syngenite crystals on halite matrix. Specimen from Brefeld, Tarthun, Egeln, Stassfurt Potash deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Specimen and photo Leon Hupperichs. Field of view 6 mm.

© Photo by Leon Hupperichs (via Wikimedia Commons), CC-BY-SA 3.0

Properties

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Crystal symmetry Monoclinic, Point group 2/m, Space group P21/m (#11)
Tags Hydrated , Mineral, Sulphate

Composition

Element Atoms
O 9
Ca 1
H 2
K 2
S 2
Total: 16