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Meyerhofferite With Inyoite

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Meyerhofferite With Inyoite

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Description
Locality: 
Death Valley, Inyo County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.5 × 2.6 cm
Description

Lustrous transparent elongated crystals of meyerhofferite in a reticulated cluster. The matrix are crystals of snow-white inyoite. A good example this classic locality.

Ex. Walter Miehlich (Frankfurt), #537.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Meyerhofferite

Formula: 
Ca2(H3B3O7)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
6.CA.30
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Monte Blanco Mine (Monte Blanco deposit; Monte Blanco adit), Monte Blanco, Black Mts, Amargosa Range, Inyo Co., California, USA

Inyoite

Formula: 
Ca(H4B3O7)(OH)·4H2O
Strunz: 
6.CA.35
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Monte Blanco Mine (Monte Blanco deposit; Monte Blanco adit), Monte Blanco, Black Mts, Amargosa Range, Inyo Co., California, USA

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