Modern halite comparison, not al-Razi's specimen

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Translucent whitish halite crystals in curved ribbons, specimen label and pen against a dark background; modern reference photograph, not an al-Razi specimen. — Photograph Andrew Silver / USGS, Halite from Fayum, Egypt. Collected1989 by Wm. Revell Phillips; mineral collection, Brigham Young University Department of Geology, Provo, Utah. Wikimedia Commons File:Halite-Egypt.jpg, explicit PD-USGS (US federal government work, public domain in the United States). Original USGS photo URL credited on file page. Unaltered, display-scaled only. Modern reference specimen, not al-Razi's sample or photograph from his period; collection date is not a verified photograph date. · Licence: PD · Open full image

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Commons: Fayum halite, Andrew Silver / USGS photograph , description

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