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Mcallisterite & Ginorite

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Mcallisterite & Ginorite

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Description
Locality: 
Death Valley, Inyo County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.4 × 0.4 cm
Description

Mcallisterite and ginorite in capsula

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mcallisterite

Formula: 
Mg2[B6O7(OH)6]2·9H2O
Strunz: 
6.FA.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Mott prospect (Mott Colemanite prospect; Mott open cut), Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan area), Inyo Co., California, USA

Ginorite

Formula: 
Ca2B14O23·8H2O
Strunz: 
6.FC.15
Hardness: 
3.5
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sasso Pisano, Castelnuovo Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy