Product Description

Absolute museum piece for French mineralogy enthusiasts. Discover this exceptional plate of blue halite, rock salt, from the Amelie mine in Wittelsheim, Haut-Rhin, Alsace. This high-end specimen of 760 grams impresses by its remarkable dimensions and its remarkable translucency. It displays a sublime lavender blue to intense violet hue, enhanced by a striking contrast with its bright orange Halite base. The desired blue color of this deposit results from a natural structural modification due to the historical radioactivity of the surrounding potassium sediments. A spectacular and rare piece, major witness of the Alsatian mining heritage now permanently inaccessible.

Mine Amelie, Wittelsheim, Haut-Rhin, France

15,40 x 11 x 3,50 cm

760 grams