page_title: Leonite
section_title: Properties
hierarchical_section_title: Leonite / Properties
caption_attribution_description: English: Leonite, Halite Locality: Potash Mine, Roßleben, Querfurt, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (Locality at mindat.org) Leonite as white pseudomorphs after picromerite crystals; minor halite is associated underneath and around the backside. It is, overall, a very attractive miniature. It carries an old label from the Bergakademie Freiberg. Sharp and complete all around, very 3-dimensional. 5.7 x 4.5 x 3.6 cm Deutsch: Leonit, Halit Fundort: Potash Mine, Roßleben, Querfurt, Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland (Fundort bei mindat.org)
context_page_description: Leonite is a hydrated double sulfate of magnesium and potassium. It has the formula K₂SO₄·MgSO₄·4H₂O. The mineral was named after Leo Strippelmann, who was director of the salt works at Westeregeln in Germany. The mineral is part of the blodite group of hydrated double sulfate minerals.
context_section_description: Leonite has a bitter taste.
  When leonite is analyzed for elements, it is usually contaminated with sodium and chloride ions, as it commonly occurs with sodium chloride.
caption: Leonite  white pseudomorphs after picromerite crystals from Potash Mine, Roßleben, Querfurt, Saxony-Anhalt.
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