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Calcite on Ulexite with Colemanite from Boron Open Pit Mine, Extension 18, Boron District, Kern County, California

 
Calcite on Ulexite with Colemanite from Boron Open Pit Mine, Extension 18, Boron District, Kern County, California

Calcite on Ulexite with Colemanite from Boron Open Pit Mine, Extension 18, Boron District, Kern County, California

DESCRIPTION:No. 42552
Mineral:Calcite on Ulexite with Colemanite
Locality:Boron Open Pit Mine, Extension 18, Boron District, Kern County, California
Description:Translucent yellow-green etched elongated ulexite structures up to 15 mm long with lustrous translucent white colemanite crystals up to 15 mm long between the ulexite fingers. Transparent yellow calcite crystals up to 4 mm are overgrown on the ulexite.
Overall Size:4.5x4x3.5 cm
Crystals:2-15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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