[Rockhounds] HALITE

[Axel Emmermann]

Great shots and great specimens Hilmar!

That pink would be hard to explain solely based on the presence of
manganese. It would have to be almost pure manganese chloride for that.
How do you keep the hanksite from "melting"?
A thorough spraying with acryl might do the trick but that would kill the
rather nice fluorescence (yes, I got a one-track mind... sorry about that).

Cheers and thanks for sharing the images.

Axel 

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> Van: rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com
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> Namens Hilmar Krocke
> Verzonden: dinsdag 23 december 2008 8:01
> Aan: Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors
> Onderwerp: Re: [Rockhounds] HALITE
> 
> Here are pictures of just a view of the Searles Lake minerals I have.
> Hey Kris. I am beating you to the punch !
> Of course mine are not for sale.  Just to look at. Especially for
> Kitty and Axel !
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> http://picasaweb.google.com/hilmarandheidi/SEARLESLAKEMINERALS?
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