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Halite Pseudomorphs in Shale, Colorado

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Title: Halite Pseudomorphs in Shale, Colorado

Caption: Shale is a sedimentary rock, created by the compaction of thick layers of clay deposited at the bottom of a lake or ocean. In marine (salt water) or salt lake environments, a dry period can expose the depositing wet clay (mud) to evaporation; evaporation of salt water can allow cube-shaped salt (halite) crystals to form within the mud. Although these crystals may later re-dissolve, their imprint is sometimes found preserved in the hardened claystone. In this case the clay is a 'pseudomorph' (false-form) of the original halite crystals.

Credit: Album / Science Source / JOEL AREM

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Image size: 3855 × 2553 px | 28.2 MB

Print size: 32.6 × 21.6 cm | 1517.7 × 1005.1 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: AREM • CHARACTERISTIC • CLAY • CLAYSTONE • COLLECTION • COLORADO • CRYSTALS • DEPOSITION • ENVIRONMENT • FEATURES • GEOLOGIA • GEOLOGIC • GEOLOGICAL • GEOLOGY • HALITE • LAKE • MARINE • MINERALOGY • MUD • MUDSTONE • PSEUDOMORPH • ROCK • ROCKS • SALT • SHALE • SLATE