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I’m ashamed to confess that licking those pretty cubes was the first thing that passed through my mind.

• bl4ckneon 5y ago
  It's ok, I too had the immediate though of licking it. "hmm I wonder if licking a flat salt cube is more satisfying than just normal salt..."
• ridgeguy 5y ago
  Hey, no shame! A friend gave me a natural halite (salt) crystal that has beautiful purple coloration from natural radiation. Not radioactive, but purple mainly due to displaced electrons that formed color centers. It had great sharply defined edges and faces. For awhile. When visitors remarked on the specimen, my wife often explained that it was a natural salt crystal. Nobody could resist licking it just to be sure. Still got a beautiful color, but it's got about the same feature definition as a gummy bear...