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Bakerite & Gowerite

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Bakerite & Gowerite

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Description
Locality: 
Corkscrew Canyon Mine, Ryan, Inyo County, California, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 3.4 × 2.5 cm
Description

Bright white aggregate of bakerite from the type locality with white acicular gowerite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bakerite

Formula: 
Ca4(H5B5Si3O20)
Strunz: 
9.AJ.20
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Corkscrew Canyon Mine (Corkscrew Mine), Ryan, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan area), Inyo Co., California, USA

Gowerite

Formula: 
Ca[B5O8(OH)][B(OH)3]·3H2O
Strunz: 
6.EC.10
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Hard Scramble claim, Ryan, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan area), Inyo Co., California, USA
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