Cryptohalite Mineral Gallery

Cryptohalite Minerals

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Cryptohalite Mineral Gallery With 2 Images

Cryptohalite Image

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Cryptohalite: (NH4)2SiF6

Comments: White to colorless crystals of cryptohalite. The red color is due to admixtured (amorphous ?) selenium.
Location: Kladno, Stredoceský Kraj, Bohemia, Czech Republic. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Cryptohalite Image

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Cryptohalite: (NH4)2SiF6
Bararite: (NH4)2SiF6

Comments: White crystalline bararite intermixed with cryptohalite colored yellow by selenium.
Location: Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvani, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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