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Mazzite-Na

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Mazzite-Na

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Description
Locality: 
Boron, Kern County, California, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 3.4 × 2.5 cm
Description

Very fine acicular rosettes of mazzite-Na coloured tan by hematite in a cavity in the Saddleback Basalt, which underlies the borate-bearing lake beds.

Mineral Data
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Mazzite-Na

Formula: 
Na8[Al4Si14O36]2·30H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.20
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
White
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
U.S. Borax open pit (Boron pit), 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
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