37320: Calcite - $16 East dump, Rio Tinto Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California Cabinet - 12.1 x 7.6 x 5.0 cm 390 grams Fluorescent (LW/SW) Specimen status: Available Send an email with specimen number to order Abundant, sparkling, translucent to
transparent calcite plates, in some instances
approximately hexagonal, on matrix. Dim white fluorescence
under both longwave and shortwave UV. Previous owners
collection label (which accompanies the specimen)
indicated it was collected in October of 1987. Good
condition, and quite typical of the species/locality. With
the open pits and dumps now all but closed to collecting
material from this famous locality will just become
scarcer.
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