41487: Hanksite and Halite - $30 Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California Type locality for hanksite Small cabinet - 6.2 x 5.7 x 4.1 cm 168 grams Specimen status: Available Send an email with specimen number to order A nicely translucent gray green
hanksite crystals with a hexagonal, tabular morphology.
Associated with translucent to transparent halite
crystals. Some evaporite minerals are unstable to
hydration/dehydration, and are frequently oiled to slow
decomposition. This sample appears to be both stable (it
is from an old Southern California collection) and not
oiled. Searles Lake
is the type locality for hanksite, but with the permanent
end to the Trona Mineral show (a combination of Covid and
a major earthquake), minerals from this locality are now
much less available as they were in the recent past. This
example is in fine condition, and self standing.
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