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Calcite (stalactitic) from Open Pit Mine, 2600' Level, Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California

 
Calcite (stalactitic) from Open Pit Mine, 2600' Level, Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California

Calcite (stalactitic) from Open Pit Mine, 2600' Level, Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California

Calcite (stalactitic) from Open Pit Mine, 2600' Level, Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California

Calcite (stalactitic) from Open Pit Mine, 2600' Level, Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California

Calcite (stalactitic) from Open Pit Mine, 2600' Level, Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 80901
Mineral:Calcite (stalactitic)
Locality:Open Pit Mine, 2600' Level, Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless (pale yellow-gray) calcite crystals to 2.5 mm on stalactitic gray cores to 30 mm long. The cores are probably acicular crystals of unidentified mineral, possibly ulexite. The calcite fluoresces under LW-SW UV illumination. Ex. Miller #M671; collected ca. 1976
Overall Size:6x4.5x3.5 cm
Crystals:1-2.5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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