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Inyoite & Meyerhofferite

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Inyoite & Meyerhofferite

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Description
Locality: 
Monte Azul, Sijes, Los Andes Department, Salta, Argentina
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 8.3 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.80cm
Description

A cluster of well-formed blocky colourless to pale brown inyoite crystals up to 3.8 cm with small needle-like intergrown meyerhofferite crystals on them.
A very good example of these two borates.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Inyoite

Formula: 
Ca(H4B3O7)(OH)·4H2O
Strunz: 
6.CA.35
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Monte Blanco Mine (Monte Blanco deposit; Monte Blanco adit), Monte Blanco, Black Mts, Amargosa Range, Inyo Co., California, USA

Meyerhofferite

Formula: 
Ca2(H3B3O7)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
6.CA.30
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Monte Blanco Mine (Monte Blanco deposit; Monte Blanco adit), Monte Blanco, Black Mts, Amargosa Range, Inyo Co., California, USA
Cartils Minerals

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