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Colemanite and Calcite from Open Pit Mine, 2600' Level, Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California

 
Colemanite and Calcite from Open Pit Mine, 2600' Level, Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California

Colemanite and Calcite from Open Pit Mine, 2600' Level, Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California

Colemanite and Calcite from Open Pit Mine, 2600' Level, Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California

Colemanite and Calcite from Open Pit Mine, 2600' Level, Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California

Colemanite and Calcite from Open Pit Mine, 2600' Level, Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California

Colemanite and Calcite from Open Pit Mine, 2600' Level, Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California

Colemanite and Calcite from Open Pit Mine, 2600' Level, Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California

Colemanite and Calcite from Open Pit Mine, 2600' Level, Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Colemanite and Calcite from Open Pit Mine, 2600' Level, Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Colemanite and Calcite from Open Pit Mine, 2600' Level, Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California

DESCRIPTION:No. 80785
Mineral:Colemanite and Calcite
Locality:Open Pit Mine, 2600' Level, Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless bladed colemanite crystals to 36 mm mixed translucent golden-yellow calcite crystals in irregular aggregates to 6 mm. The colemanite and calcite crystals fluoresce under LW-SW UV illumination, and phosphoresce in the dark. Ex. Miller #M677; collected ca. 1976
Overall Size:4.5x4x4 cm
Crystals:4-36 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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