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Veatchite & Colemanite

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Veatchite & Colemanite

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Description
Locality: 
Billie Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek, Inyo County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 3.3 × 2 cm
Description

White veatchite crystals on colemanite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Veatchite

Formula: 
Sr2B11O16(OH)5·H2O
Strunz: 
6.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Lang Mine (Sterling Mine; Sterling Borax Mine; Tick Canyon Borax Mine), Tick Canyon Borate deposit, Tick Canyon, Lang, Los Angeles Co., California, USA

Colemanite

Formula: 
Ca[B3O4(OH)3]·H2O
Strunz: 
6.CB.10
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan area), Inyo Co., California, USA