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Hanksite from Searles Lake, east of Trona, San Bernardino County, California (Type Locality for Hanksite)

 
Hanksite from Searles Lake, east of Trona, San Bernardino County, California (Type Locality for Hanksite)

Hanksite from Searles Lake, east of Trona, San Bernardino County, California (Type Locality for Hanksite)

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Hanksite from Searles Lake, east of Trona, San Bernardino County, California (Type Locality for Hanksite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 76439
Mineral:Hanksite
Locality:Searles Lake, east of Trona, San Bernardino County, California (Type Locality for Hanksite)
Description:Two interconnected floater crystals (fully crystallized on all faces with no point of attachment) of transparent pale-yellow hanksite. The hanksite crystals fluoresce yellow-white under longwave UV illumination and phosphoresce briefly when extinguished. Water soluble
Overall Size:24x20x15 mm
Crystals:22-24 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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