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Gerstleyite : Na2(Sb,As)8S13·2H2O

Baker mine, U.S. Borax Mine (Pacific West Coast Borax Mine; Pacific Coast Borax Co. Mine; Boron Mine; U.S. Borax and Chemical Corp. Mine; Kramer Mine; Baker Mine), Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kramer District, Kern Co., California, USA

Small prismatic crystals and massive cinnabar-red gerstleyite. Picture size 5 mm. Photographer and collection Thomas Witzke.
 © Thomas WitzkePhoto ID: 8360    View Count: 780

Gerstleyite : Na2(Sb,As)8S13·2H2O

Baker mine, U.S. Borax Mine (Pacific West Coast Borax Mine; Pacific Coast Borax Co. Mine; Boron Mine; U.S. Borax and Chemical Corp. Mine; Kramer Mine; Baker Mine), Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kramer District, Kern Co., California, USA

2cm ball of Gerstleyite.
Photo ID: 34458    View Count: 476

Gerstleyite : Na2(Sb,As)8S13·2H2O

Baker mine, U.S. Borax Mine (Pacific West Coast Borax Mine; Pacific Coast Borax Co. Mine; Boron Mine; U.S. Borax and Chemical Corp. Mine; Kramer Mine; Baker Mine), Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kramer District, Kern Co., California, USA

Field of view 10 mm. Collection M. Kampf No 90-045.
 © 2005 M. KampfPhoto ID: 26882    View Count: 375

Gerstleyite : Na2(Sb,As)8S13·2H2O

Baker mine, U.S. Borax Mine (Pacific West Coast Borax Mine; Pacific Coast Borax Co. Mine; Boron Mine; U.S. Borax and Chemical Corp. Mine; Kramer Mine; Baker Mine), Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kramer District, Kern Co., California, USA

4 x 3 x 2 cm. Gerstleyite is an extremely rare sulfosalt. This specimen is from the original find and the original collector. It is a textbook nodule of crystallized gerstleyite in matrix from this boron open pit mine, collected by a man named Vincent Morgan in 1954. Ex. Frank Keutsch and Vincent Morgan Collections.
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 177598    View Count: 106
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