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Colemanite from Billie Mine, Furnace Creek District, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California (Type Locality for Colemanite)

 
Colemanite from Billie Mine, Furnace Creek District, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California (Type Locality for Colemanite)

Colemanite from Billie Mine, Furnace Creek District, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California (Type Locality for Colemanite)

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Colemanite from Billie Mine, Furnace Creek District, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California (Type Locality for Colemanite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 71724
Mineral:Colemanite
Locality:Billie Mine, Furnace Creek District, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California (Type Locality for Colemanite)
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless colemanite crystals with glassy crystal faces. The colemanite crystals fluoresce white under SW UV illumination and phosphoresce in the dark when illumination is extinguished.
Overall Size:30x30x20 mm
Crystals:8-30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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