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Tunellite

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Description
Locality: 
Boron, Kern County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 1.6 × 1.2 cm
Description

Nice tunellite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tunellite

Formula: 
SrB6O9(OH)2·3H2O
Strunz: 
6.FC.05
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
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