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Meyerhofferite from
Mount Blanco Mine (Mount Blanco deposit; Mount Blanco adit), Mount Blanco, Black Mts, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District), Death Valley National Park, Inyo Co., California, USA

Mount Blanco Mine (Mount Blanco deposit; Mount Blanco adit), Mount Blanco, Black Mts, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District), Death Valley National Park, Inyo Co., California, USA
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Description
Type Locality:	Mount Blanco Mine (Mount Blanco deposit; Mount Blanco adit), Mount Blanco, Black Mts, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District), Death Valley National Park, Inyo Co., California, USA is the type locality for Meyerhofferite
Comments:	Occurs as chalky to silky pseudomorphs after inyoite, as alteration coatings on inyoite crystals, and as long, glassy, interlaced crystals formed by recrystallization of the original fibrous material.
Colour:	White
Quality of samples:	not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Journal of the Washington Academy of Science (1914): 4: 354-356; Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, 7th. ed., Volume II: 357, 359; Schaller, Waldemar Theodore (1916b), Inyoite and meyerhofferite, two new calcium borates: USGS Bulletin 610: 35; Foshag, William Frederick (1921), The origin of the colemanite deposits of California: Economic Geology: 16: 200; Foshag, William Frederick (1924a), Famous mineral localities: Furnace Creek, Death Valley, California: American Mineralogist: 9: 10; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 264.
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Meyerhofferite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Mount Blanco Mine (Mount Blanco deposit; Mount Blanco adit), Mount Blanco, Black Mts, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District), Death Valley National Park, Inyo Co., California, USA
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