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Kernite

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Kernite

Ex-David J. Eicher Collection; ex-John H. Eicher Collection
Gem Crystal

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Description
Locality: 
Boron, Kern County, California, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 1 × 0.3 cm
Description

A beautiful and gemmy crystal of this unusual borate from a classic locality — old material and now hard to come by.

Plastic cube in images not included.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kernite

Formula: 
Na2[B4O6(OH)2]·3H2O
Strunz: 
6.DB.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Rich Station, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kramer District, Kern Co., California, USA
David J. Eicher

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