Inderite, Kurnakovite, Ulexite

Specimen ID: F07-FCX

Mineral(s)
Inderite : MgB3O3(OH)5·5H2O
Kurnakovite : MgB3O3(OH)5·5H2O
Ulexite : NaCa[B5O6(OH)6]·5H2O
Locality
Mindat locality:
Dimensions
100mm x 75mm x 50mm
weight: 283g
Events

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A mixture of prismatic white/gray inderite crystals, blocky kurnakovite crystals, some balls of fibrous white/tan ulexite and the distinctive gray/green Boron mud. The combination of inderite growing with kurnakovite is rare. The specimen is from the Howard Pomtier collection of borate minerals. Howard was drilling and blasting foreman at Boron, for many years. The scale at the bottom of the image is an inch with a rule at one cm.
Rock Currier - 20th January 2014

Photo added to mindat.org

A mixture of prismatic white/gray inderite crystals, blocky kurnakovite crystals, some balls of fibrous white/tan ulexite and the distinctive gray/green Boron mud. The combination of inderite growing with kurnakovite is rare. The specimen is from the Howard Pomtier collection of borate minerals. Howard was drilling and blasting foreman at Boron, for many years. The scale at the bottom of the image is an inch with a rule at one cm.
Rock Currier - 20th January 2014
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