Halite Image |
Mineral: | Halite: NaCl | |||||
Comments: | Hoppered pink halite crystals from the evaporation ponds. The pink color is due to the organism Halo bacterium that lives in the concentrated brine. | |||||
Location: | Searles Lake, Trona, San Bernadino County, California, USA. | |||||
Scale: | Crystal size 2 cm. | |||||
Copyright: | © John Veevaert | |||||
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