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Teepleite

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Teepleite

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Description
Locality: 
Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.8 × 1 cm
Description

This rare Sodium Borate forms white crystal aggregates of 2 cm. Besides dense crystal aggregates of colorless long-prismatic Trona crystals of 1 cm. The samples come from drill core from approx. 100 meters depth.

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Teepleite

Formula: 
Na2[B(OH)4]Cl
Strunz: 
6.AC.40
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA