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San Bernardino Co., California, USA Xl 95x70x70 mm. Rui Nunes specimen and photo. |
| © Rui Nunes 2005 | Photo ID: 43459 View Count: 325 |
Hanksite : Na22K(SO4)9(CO3)2Cl | |
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Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA Hanksite is a rare anhydrous chloro-carbonate of potassium and sodium first described in 1885. It is very unusual in that it consists of both sulfate and carbonate ion groups, which has led to some confusion about which group to place it in. At any rate, it forms nice crystals in evaporite deposits. This one is from the type locality at Searles ... |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 23142 View Count: 380 |
Hanksite : Na22K(SO4)9(CO3)2Cl, Borax : Na2[B4O7] · 10H2O | |
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Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA Big crystal of Hanksite on a matrix composed of several Borax white crystals. Cube = 1 cm. Photo & Collection Chinellato Matteo. Canon 20D + Canon 17-85 mm USM IS |
| © Chinellato Matteo | Photo ID: 87811 View Count: 174 |
Hanksite : Na22K(SO4)9(CO3)2Cl | |
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Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA This is an enormous, beautifully-formed crystal of translucent hanksite from the type locality in California. From Mineral Galleries: "Hanksite is an unusual mineral mostly because of its formula. It is one of only a handful of minerals that contain both carbonate and sulfate ion groups. This brings up the question: to what mineral class does it ... |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 44449 View Count: 238 |
Hanksite : Na22K(SO4)9(CO3)2Cl | |
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Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA A fine example of an evaporite mineral that is uncommon on the market, dug with great labor from the clay of ancient lake beds. This is a perfect, doubly-terminated hexagonal crystal, attached to two smaller, ALSO doubly-terminated crystals. In the light, the large crystal is actually quite transparent! 5.9 x 5.1 x 4.0 cm |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 27109 View Count: 346 |
Hanksite : Na22K(SO4)9(CO3)2Cl | |
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Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA Photo & specimen J.Ralph. Crystal 8cm long |
| Photo ID: 53 View Count: 793 | |
Hanksite : Na22K(SO4)9(CO3)2Cl | |
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Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA A large (4 inch long) Hanksite crystal from a classic location |
| © Orbital Joe | Photo ID: 37711 View Count: 330 |
Hanksite : Na22K(SO4)9(CO3)2Cl | |
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Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA A superb specimen of fine crystals of a very strange California mineral. (From Amethyst Galleries): "Hanksite is an unusual mineral mostly because of its formula. It is one of only a handful of minerals that contain both carbonate and sulfate ion groups. This brings up the question: to what mineral class does it belong? Some mineral references ... |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 44132 View Count: 279 |
Hanksite : Na22K(SO4)9(CO3)2Cl | |
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Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA 18 mm crystal. Photograph by Peter Cristofono. |
| © 2005 Peter Cristofono | Photo ID: 43905 View Count: 243 |
Hanksite : Na22K(SO4)9(CO3)2Cl | |
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Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA Sample size: 10 X 8 cm Collection and photo: Arliguie M |
| © Arliguie M | Photo ID: 122048 View Count: 119 |
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