Borates Hydrocarbons Gallery
This gallery includes both the Borate minerals and Hydrocarbons. There is actually no chemical basis to include these two classes in the same gallery, but rather the small number of species representated. The Borates include which include the subclasses Nesoborates, Inoborates, Phylloborates and Tektoborates. These include the species Borax, Kernite, Ulexite, Colemanite, Boracite, Hambergite, Jeremejevite, Ludwigite, Hydroxylborite, Fluoborite, Canavesite, Pinakiolite, Sussexite, Szaibelyite, Pinnoite, Inderite, Tincalconite, Ezcurrite, Tunellite, Rhodizite and others. The Hydrocarbons include only nonorganic minerals and include the species of Carpathite, Kratochvilite, Evenkite, Hartite and others.
minerals in alphabetical order by first letter only
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4394
Howlite
Lang Mine, Tick Canyon, Lang, Los Angeles Co., California
Ex. Steve Pullman, Collected by Cath Stein
9.7 x 9.6 x 5.8 cm
$35
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3021
Idrailite variety Curtisite with Realgar
Skaggs Springs Mine, Skaggs Springs, Warm Springs Dam, Coast Range, Sonoma Co., California
UV Fluorescent
C22H14
Mined 1979 or earlier; Fluoresces under SW
5.6 x 4.2 x 2.6 cm
$45
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L
5309
Larderellite
Larderello, Pomarance, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
NH4B5O7(OH)2·H2O
Ex. Wolfgang Henkel
7.7 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm
$200
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M
5299
Meyerhofferite pseuodmorph after Inyoite
Death Valley, Inyo Co., California
CaB3O3(OH)5·H2O
Ex. Steve Pullman
6.1 x 5.1 x 4.2 cm
$80
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4845
Meyerhofferite
Monte Blanco Mine, Monte Blanco, Black Mts, Amargosa Range, Inyo Co., California
Ca2(H3B3O7)2·4H2O
Ex. John Melhase, 1938 or earlier, Ex. California Academy of Sciences, Ex. Steve Pullman
3.8 x 3.2 x 2 cm
$50
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5244
Veatchite
Lang Mine, Tick Canyon, Lang, Los Angeles Co., California
Type Location
Sr2B11O16(OH)5·H2O
Ex. John Melhase - pre 1938, Ex. California Academy of Sciences, Ex. Steve Pullman
3.8 x 3.1 x 2.9 cm
$85
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Specimens which have this class of minerals as an associated mineral
4219
Twinned Calcite on Colemanite with Ulexite
Boron, Kramer District, Kern Co., California, USA
Ca[B3O4(OH)3]·H2O
Collected by Steve Pullman
7.5 x 5.3 x 4.7 cm
$75
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5346
Dogtooth Calcite on Fluorite Coated with Bitumen on Barite
Hardin Co., Illinois
Ex. A. Neely, Wrapped in Hardin County Independent newspapers, 1963
4.6 x 3.1 x 2.1 cm
SOLD
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4282
Fluorite with Included Marcasite, Bitumen on Bottom
Tideswell, Derbyshire, England
Ex.H. R. McBroom, from a trade with Sam Weller, 1987
6.6 x 6.2 x 5.1 cmlargest XL is 18 x 16 x 15 mm
$250
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5310
Quartz and Bitumen on Fluorite
Hardin Co., Illinois
Ex. A. Neely, 1960s
4.4 x 3.4 x 1.8 cm
$35
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