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Pirssonite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.6 × 0.3 cm
Description

Yellow single crystal of the rare carbonate mineral pirssonite from the type locality.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pirssonite

Formula: 
Na2Ca(CO3)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
5.CB.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

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