My wife, Jo, and I went on a fieldtrip to Lake Lucerno, an alkali lake that is the part of the source of the white sand of Whites Sands National Monument located in southern New Mexico. Here is a picture of one of the smaller crystals that can be found (they can be four foot long or longer):
Note that the ground is littered with hundreds, if not thousands, of crystals of all sizes.
Note that the ground is littered with hundreds, if not thousands, of crystals of all sizes.
