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Gerstleyite

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Description
Locality: 
Baker Mine, Kramer, Boron, Kern County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.4 × 2 cm
Description

Intense red metallic gerstleyite , an unusual sodium bearing sulfide, from the Baker mine, Boron, CA, USA.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gerstleyite

Formula: 
Na2(Sb,As)8S13·2H2O
Strunz: 
2.HE.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Baker mine, U.S. Borax Mine (Pacific West Coast Borax; Pacific Coast Borax Co.; Boron Mine; U.S. Borax and Chemical Corp.; Kramer Mine; Baker Mine), Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kramer District, Kern Co., California, USA