Kurnakovite

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

Kurnakovite. R. Currier collection. The scale at the bottom of the image is an inch with a rule at one cm. Kurnakovite crystals tend to turn white on their surface in big city air. Perhaps we will find out some day what is forming on their surface. Kurnakovite crystals were only found during the very early days of open pit mining at Boron. Several hundred specimens were collected at various times but you don't often see one for sale.

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Photo added: 22nd Jun 2009

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