Halite
Salar de Antofalla, Antofalla, Antofagasta de la Sierra department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
4.0 x 3.4 x 3.1 cm. From this very obscure Argentina dry lake bed comes a sharp, transparent halite cube with waxy lustre and frosted faces perched on more halite. Complete-all-around. Two sides are partially contacted, with no damage, per se and one corner was lightly cleaved and looks healed (not hard to do with halite). Very rare material from ...
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