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Gowerite & Nobleite

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Gowerite & Nobleite

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Description
Locality: 
Corkscrew Canyon Mine, Ryan, Inyo County, California, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 3.4 × 1.7 cm
Description

Rare calcium borate minerals Nobleite and Gowerite on from Death Valley, California. Nobleite forms white globular aggregates of tiny plates, Gowerite forms colorless-white tufts, both on colemanite.

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

Nobleite

Formula: 
CaB6O9(OH)2·3H2O
Strunz: 
6.FC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Unnamed Nobleite locality [1], Ryan, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan area), Inyo Co., California, USA

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