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Gowerite

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Description
Locality: 
Hard Scramble Claim, Ryan, Furnace Creek, Inyo County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

White acicular crystals of this very rare calcium borate from the type locality and only one of the few known localities worldwide.

Ex.R.Merrill collection with a label from Mineral Zone.

Mineral Data
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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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