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Ikaite

Large Ikaite Image

Mineral:

Ikaite: CaCO3·6(H2O)

Comments:

Rounded, colorless crystals of ikaite extracted from Antarctic sea ice cores. Ikaite may be more common than previously thought.

Location:

Southern sea near the Antarctic shore.

Scale:

See Image.

Copyright:

© Geophyscial Research Letters

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