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Wightmanite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Crestmore Quarries, Riverside County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.8 × 0.6 cm
Description

Pale yellow prismatic crystals of the very rare Mg borate mineral wightmanite from California.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wightmanite

Formula: 
Mg5(BO3)O(OH)5·2H2O
Strunz: 
6.AB.55
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Commercial quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA

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