Table 3.
Overview of the mineralogy of the samples collected of the shores of the 10 waterbodies of the 10 different waterbodies of the halo-volcanic Dallol complex.
| Parameter | Central green pool (1) | Left green pool (2) | Right yellow pool (3) | White chimney environment (4) | Gaet’ale Pond (5) | Black lake (6) | Yellow mini pond (7) | Red micro pond (8) | Asale karst hole (9) | Karum Lake (10) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XRD-mineral analysis | NaCl, KCl, CaSO4.12H2O, and Ca(Mn,Mg)(CO3)2 | NaCl, KCl, CaSO4.12H2O, and Ca(Mn,Mg)(CO3)2 | NaCl, KCl, CaSO4.12H2O, and Ca(Mn, Mg)(CO3)2 | NaCl, KCl, CaSO4.12H2O, Ca(Mn,Mg)(CO3)2, and CaSO4 | NaCl, KCl, CaMg2Cl6.12H2O, and MgCl2 | MgCl2.6H2O, and KMgCl3.6H2O | NaCl, CaMg2Cl6.12H2O | KCl, KMgCl3.6H2O | NaCl, KCl | NaCl, KCl |
| Halite, sylvite, gypsum, and kutnohorite | Halite, sylvite, gypsum, and kutnohorite | Halite, sylvite, gypsum, and kutnohorite | Halite, sylvite, gypsum, kutnohorite, and anhydrite | Halite, sylvite, tachyhydrite, and chloromagnesite | Bischofite, carnalite | Halite, tachyhydrite like | Sylvite, carnalite | Halite, sylvite | Halite, sylvite |