page_title: Blödite
hierarchical_section_title: Blödite
caption_attribution_description: English: Blödite Locality: Soda Lake, Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 7.0 x 4.8 x 1.9 cm. Blödite is a RARE hydrated sulfate found in oceanic and lacustrine salt deposits and in nitrate deposits in arid regions. This is an OUTSTANDING and LARGE example of the rare species. This pristine, doubly terminated, dark gray, FLOATER crystal is lustrous, transparent to translucent and has very sharp faces and edges. The chisel-like or boat prow terminations are fascinating. The crystal is lightly coated by shellac to prevent dehydration, I would presume. Excellent material from the famous Soda Lake of California and the Carl Davis Collection. Deutsch: Blödit Fundort: Soda Lake, Carrizo Plain National Monument, San Luis Obispo County, Kalifornien, Vereinigte Staaten (Fundort bei mindat.org) Größe: 7.0 x 4.8 x 1.9 cm.
context_page_description: Blödite or bloedite is a hydrated sodium magnesium sulfate mineral with formula: Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O. The mineral is clear to yellow in color often darkened by inclusions and forms monoclinic crystals.
  Blödite was first described in 1821 for an occurrence in a salt deposit in Ischler Salzberg, Bad Ischl, Gmunden, Austria and named for German mineralogist and chemist Karl August Blöde.
  It is found worldwide in evaporitic sedimentary environments such as the Great Salt Lake, Utah.
context_section_description: Blödite or bloedite is a hydrated sodium magnesium sulfate mineral with formula: Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O. The mineral is clear to yellow in color often darkened by inclusions and forms monoclinic crystals.
  Blödite was first described in 1821 for an occurrence in a salt deposit in Ischler Salzberg, Bad Ischl, Gmunden, Austria and named for German mineralogist and chemist Karl August Blöde (1773–1820).
  It is found worldwide in evaporitic sedimentary environments such as the Great Salt Lake, Utah.
caption: Doubly terminated blödite crystal from Soda Lake, San Luis Obispo County, California (size: 7.0 x 4.8 x 1.9 cm)
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