Hydroboracite

Origin: Thompson mine, Death Valley, Inyo Co., California, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

Sample size: about 2.5 cm wide
  
Origin: U.S. Borax Open Pit, Boron, Kern Co., California, U.S.A.
Owner: Milton Speckels
Microscopic image, 5.9 x (left), 2.2 x (right)
 
Origin: Panderma dist., Balikesir, Turkey
Owner: Milton Speckels
Sample size: about 5 cm
 

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Milton Speckels

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

Origin: Lake Inder, Kazakhstan
Sample size: 4 x 7 cm
 
Origin: Esbey Mine, Emet, Turkey
Sample size: 5.5 x 8 cm
 
Origin: Niedersachsenwerfen, Harz, Germany
Sample size: 5 x 6 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
Origin: Thomson Mine, Furnace Creek, Inyo Co, California, U.S.A.
Sample size: 7 x 6 x 4.5 cm
 
  
Hydroboracite with colemanite
Origin: Thomson Mine, near Ryan, California
Sample size: 5.8 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
White to clear radial, acicular crystals to 4mm on yellowish to clear prismatic preobrazhenskite (dominant mineral) crystals to 1 mm.
Origin: Lake Inder, Kazakhstan (type locality for preobrazhenskite)
Sample size: 7 x 5 x 3 cm
 
  
Origin: Boron Open Pit, Boron, Kern Co., California, United States
Ex. Kidwell collection
Sample size: 4.5 x 3 x 3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
Origin: Thompson Mine, Ryan, Death Valley, Inyo Co., California, U.S.A.
Sample size: 7.8 x 7.3 x 6.1 cm
 
  
Hydroboracite on colemanite
Origin:  Boraxo Mine (Kern Borate; Boraxo Deposit; Boraxo No. 1 and No. 2; Clara Claim; Thompson Mine), Inyo Co., California, U.S.A.
Sample size: 7.9 x 5.6 x 3.6 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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