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Colemanite from 2600' Level, Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California

 
Colemanite from 2600' Level, Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California

Colemanite from 2600' Level, Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Colemanite from 2600' Level, Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Colemanite from 2600' Level, Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California

DESCRIPTION:No. 82616
Mineral:Colemanite
Locality:2600' Level, Kramer Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless colemanite crystals with no matrix on the bottom. One corner was repaired with glue. The colemanite fluoresces under longwave and shortwave UV, and phosphoresces when illumination is extinguished. Ex. Miller collection T048; collected ca. 1970
Overall Size:17x15x11 mm
Crystals:8-15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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