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Some Beautiful and Interesting Min- 

 erals. 

 Part II. 



V. Halite, Stassfnrt, Prussia. 



This salt specimen from Prussia 

 shows cubic crystals much like those 

 from California. The}- are, however, 

 much larger than the former, and are 

 colorless and transparent. Like the 

 others, they are more or less com- 

 posite. 



Halite occurs at Stassfnrt in very 

 great quantities. Xear Berlin, at 

 Sperenberg, an artesian well was 

 sunk through such a deposit for nearly 



four thousand feet, without reaching 

 the bottom. Such a thickness is re- 

 markable, and the geologists have 

 theorized much concerning its probable 

 mode of formation. The most of the 

 theories usually applied will not fit 

 this case. It seems, however, that a 

 marine deposition, with a constantly 

 sinking sea bottom, might give a 

 chance for the formation of such a de- 

 posit. 



The mines at Stassfurt have attained 

 great size. It is said that in the course 

 of time the miners have established 

 whole villages underground, and it is 



V— HALITE FROM PRUSSIA. 



