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Chambersite

Dan Behnke collection
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Venice Salt Dome, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States of America
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 0.3 × 0.3 cm
Description

ILLUSTRATED! You are bidding on a very nice, 3mm crystal of chambersite. This sample is illustrated in Photo Atlas of Minerals (2007). Comes with Dan's three original slides (scanned here) and index card. Obtained as a gift from Fred Pough to Dan's wife, Esther at the San Diego Mineral show in 1984. 

This sample is from the collection of Dan Behnke, long-time friend, micromounter and prodigious photographer. I am pleased to be able to offer selections from his large collection, many of which are illustrated specimens in Rocks & Minerals, The Mineralogiocal Record, Photo Atlas of Minerals and many other publications. All samples from his meticulously catalogued collection will come with his original index card with all notes, photography annotations and other pertinent information, as well as any slides Dan may have taken of the sample with publication notes and date the photo was made.

Mineral Data
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Chambersite

Formula: 
Mn2+3(B7O13)Cl
Strunz: 
6.GA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Type Locality: 
Barbers Hill Salt Dome (Barbers Hill), Mont Belvieu, Chambers Co., Texas, USA

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