A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Fluoborite from Ludlow, California |
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| Description | The purplish mineral is fluoborite, a magnesium borate mineral, Mg3(BO3)(F,OH)3. In this 4 cm wide sample, from a skarn in California, it is associated with calcite and unidentified calc-silicates. |
| Location | USA ▹ California ▹ San Bernadino. Near Ludlow. |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2001-03-21. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #1119. |
| Key words | fluoborite, California |
| Tech details | 380 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 232 |
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