page_title: Picromerite
hierarchical_section_title: Picromerite
caption_attribution_description: English: Halite, Picromerite Locality: Potash Mine, Roßleben, Querfurt, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (Locality at mindat.org) Size: miniature, 5.7 x 4.5 x 3.6 cm Picromerite (Schonite) on Halite A sharply crystallized example of this rare sulfate species, formerly known as Schonite, from a classic locality long abandoned. Minor halite is associated underneath and around the backside. It is, overall, a very attractive miniature. It carries an old label from the Bergakadmemie Freiberg. Sharp and complete all around, very 3-dimensional. Deutsch: Halit, Pikromerit Fundort: Potash Mine, Roßleben, Querfurt, Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland (Fundort bei mindat.org) Größe: 5.7 x 4.5 x 3.6 cm
context_page_description: Picromerite is a mineral from the class of hydrous sulfates lacking additional anions, and containing medium to large cations according to the Nickel-Strunz classification.
context_section_description: Picromerite (synonyms: schoenite, schönite) is a mineral from the class of hydrous sulfates lacking additional anions, and containing medium to large cations according to the Nickel-Strunz classification.
caption: Picromerite on halite
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