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Colemanite on Calcite from Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California

 
Colemanite on Calcite from Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California

Colemanite on Calcite from Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California

Colemanite on Calcite from Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California

Colemanite on Calcite from Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California

Colemanite on Calcite from Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California

Colemanite on Calcite from Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Colemanite on Calcite from Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Colemanite on Calcite from Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California

DESCRIPTION:No. 80682
Mineral:Colemanite on Calcite
Locality:Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless bladed colemanite crystals to 12 mm on translucent golden-yellow calcite crystals in hemispherical aggregates to 2 mm diameter. The colemanite crystals fluoresce white under longwave and shortwave ultraviolet illumination. Ex. Miller #M667; collected ca. 1970
Overall Size:7.5x6x5 cm
Crystals:1-12 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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