#sylvite

[earthstory]

Potash, evaporating, from space, land and air. Potassium is a vital ingredient of fertilisers, without which the sustainable world population may be something like 2 billion humans, and areas where it can be obtained in a form easily used by plants such a salt are at a premium. Much of the USA gets its stock from mines like the Intrepid mine in Moab, Utah (depicted in the photos) which produces 60% of its supply.

The salts are the results of repeatedly evaporated lakes and shallow seas during geological time. The ore here formed some 300 million years ago and is now some 1200 metres beneath more recent rocks. It is mined by pumping water into the layer dissolving the salts into a brine, which then has to be evaporated in the ponds after pumping to the surface in the hot desert sun in order to obtain the desired product. It takes around 300 days, and the electric colours come from a dye that reduces the time taken by darkening the water so that it absorbs more heat. Loz Image credits: 1: Digital globe 2: Jassen Todoro/Solent News 3: Doc Searls

[perimarine]

Sylvite 2.0

Fusion 4 of Steven and the Moonlit Squad fusions! The fusion between Emerald and Steven!

These two both love adventuring with each other. When fused, they look extremely smug but it’s just a front. Their mouths speak at the same time. Although they have a good relationship, they fall apart when one mouth is out of sync with the other.

[phosphosiderite]

Phosphosiderite (my main gemsona) + Mimetite (my secondary gemsona) = Sylvite! Sylvite is brave, bubbly, and funny, and they love to battle.

[bijoux-et-mineraux]

Halite on Sylvite - Kerr McGee Mine, Carlsbad Potash District, Eddy County, New Mexico

[mineralsandsomerocks]

Sylvite, Saskatchewan

[steven-universeocstuff]

Sylvite Sylvite's are middle class gems. They used to be ranked much lower until era two, were some started to emerge with very powerful pyrokinesis. Homeworld started to use them as teraformers, letting them incinerate forests. This cleared land and created nutrients that helped seed kindergardens. Sylvites are a bit taller than Pearls and tend to have quiet, mellow personalities. This gem is more of a "Gemsona" for me, as she looks a lot like me, and other reasons lmao. Gem cut is by @nest-of-awful-garbage

[scrabdoodle]

Sylvite

[geopsum]

But there is no denying that it’s hip to be square. 

1) Fluorite - La Facciata quarry, Carrara, Apuan Alps, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy 

2) Rare, deep royal blue Halite on Sylvite - PCA Intrepid Potash Mine, Carlsbad, New Mexico

3) Fluorite and Zeunerite - Montoso Quarries, Bagnolo Piemonte, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy Photo by: Giuseppe Finello

4) Purple fluorite on baryte. Photo by: Mario Miglioli 

5) Pyrite with purple fluorite inclusions

6) Pallasite Meteorite

7) Iron Meteorite

8) Paulingite - Czech Republic

9) Fluorite - El Hammam Mine, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco 

10)  Fluorite, Minerva Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA.  Photo: DI Anton Watzl