RE: Random Crystal of the Day: Halite
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I got my start in the mineral world thanks to pink halite and my daughter. Long story but many years ago my daughter said her science teacher told her to go out to Trona for a weekend field trip to dig pink halite & hanksite. So Saturday morning we got up early and went out. It was a life changing experience and now I am a mineral dealer in Tokyo & the US. Here is a piece from 3 years ago. Unfortunately Searles Lake where we would collect suffered catastrophic damage after the Ridgecrest earthquake and hasn't been open since. I hope one day we can go out and collect again.
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Oh look at that, that's really pretty!
About 5 years ago I could get blue, but the mineral company closed the area it came from so only pink.
There is an older dealer named Sibel Minerals who always joked that pink halite paid for his house!