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Gerstleyite & Kernite

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Gerstleyite & Kernite

Type Locality
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
U S Borax Mine, Boron, Kern County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.5 × 0.7 cm
Description

Reddish filamentous crystals of gerstleyite, trapped inside a kernite crystal fragment. Type locality for gerstleyite

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gerstleyite

Formula: 
Na2(Sb,As)8S13·2H2O
Strunz: 
2.HE.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Baker mine, 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

Kernite

Formula: 
Na2[B4O6(OH)2]·3H2O
Strunz: 
6.DB.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Rich Station, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kramer District, Kern Co., California, USA

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