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Gowerite & Nobleite

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Gowerite & Nobleite

ex Americo Urbinati collection
Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Hard Scramble Claim, Ryan, Furnace Creek, Inyo County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 3.2 × 2.5 cm
Description

hundreds of colourless tufts of gowerite from its type locality with colourless nobleite; it comes with an old label and with another tiny specimen in a glass capsule

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Nobleite

Formula: 
CaB6O9(OH)2·3H2O
Strunz: 
6.FC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Unnamed Nobleite locality [1], Ryan, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan area), Inyo Co., California, USA