Gowerite

Origin: Hardscramble mine, Death Valley, Inyo Co., California, U.S.A.
Owner: Milton Speckels
Microscopic image, 3.6 x
 

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Milton Speckels

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

  
Snow white, delicate acicular clusters to 4 mm of gowerite spread across surface of an efflorescent base probably produced during the decay of basalt. The ginorite occurs as white pellets in soft yellowish brown, clayey sassolite matrix.
Origin: Death Valley, Inyo Co., California, United States
Ex. DeVito collection
Sample size: 11.5 x 7 x 5cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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