Thénardite, Halite
Camp Verde Salt Mine, Camp Verde, Camp Verde Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Sparkly, knobby, crudely orthorhombic thenardite crystals, Na-sulfate, cover a surreal large hollow tube lined with very sparkly tiny halite crystals, NaCl. This is an otherworldly and rare large specimen from this ancient area, that was likely worked for salt as long as 2000 years ago (MINDAT). The Camp Verde Mine, a salt-clay-gypsum mine, was ...
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