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Gowerite

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Description
Locality: 
Hard Scramble Claim, Ryan, Furnace Creek, Inyo County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 0.7 × 1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with some nice needles of rare gowerite on matrix from the type locality. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gowerite

Formula: 
Ca[B5O8(OH)][B(OH)3]·3H2O
Strunz: 
6.EC.10
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Hard Scramble claim, Ryan, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan area), Inyo Co., California, USA

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