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Blue Halite
Blue Halite
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Collection: Minerals
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Date: Jul 3, 2010
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/8
Date Uploaded: Jul 3, 2010

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Comments: 6
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 That's right, regular old table salt can be blue too!

Yes, this is a naturally occurring crystal, from the Potash mines in Southeastern New Mexico.

It is thought that the blue color is a result of a metamict crystal structure, or essentially, it's caused by atoms being knocked askew by radioactive decay.


Size is about 1" tall..

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 07/04/2010 04:48:25 PM
VERY cool!
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 07/04/2010 05:03:03 AM
Lovely!
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 07/03/2010 05:10:09 PM
Wow! How big is that crystal? From the thumb (I'm always seeing stuff in the thumbs) this looked like a moonlit fantasy forest through a doorway.
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 07/03/2010 01:06:40 PM
Looks downright alien...
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 07/03/2010 12:49:14 PM
Elegant blues and nice placement in the frame.
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 07/03/2010 11:27:31 AM
Awesome! Backlit Im guessing? Well lit anyway and great colour.
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