Piedra Alumbre

Botanical Name

Alum stone

Botany

Natural alum stone is a translucent crystalline colorless stone commercially called "Kalunite: and occurs in an octahedra crystal form. It is a common mistake to confuse kalunite with "alunite", due to the similarities of name. Kalunite and alunite are two different minerals. alunite is a pinkish to gray colored opaque stone, whereas "kalunite" with a 'K' is a translucent colorless crystal, which mineral name is AlumK or Potassium alum.

Utilized Botanical Materials

Stone

Characteristics

Translucent Crystalline

Characteristic

Characteristic, salty

Available In

Whole

Cut & Sift

Fine Cut

Ground

Harvest Months

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