Halite Photos
Cochise College               
Photos of Minerals
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Roger Weller, geology instructor

[email protected]     copyright 2016-R.Weller 

 
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back-lighted
If salt (the mineral halite) forms with an excess of sodium atoms, it will develop a
blue color.  If the salt is crushed it loses the blue coloration.
 

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Photo is copyright free only for non-commercial educational uses.
Just credit photo to R.Weller/Cochise College.