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Teepleite & Burkeite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Tecopa Hot Springs, Tecopa, Inyo County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.4 × 1.4 cm
Description

White crystal aggregates of the rare borate mineral teepleite associated to burkeite and halite.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Teepleite

Formula: 
Na2[B(OH)4]Cl
Strunz: 
6.AC.40
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

Burkeite

Formula: 
Na6(CO3)(SO4)2
Strunz: 
7.BD.25
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

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