A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Gypsum crystals from Borax Lake, California, USA |
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| Description | Gypsum, CaSO4•2H2O, is found in many places and can have many different appearances. These crystals formed by evaporation in a playa lake bed in the Mojave Desert, California, USA. Each of these specimens is about 2 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ California ▹ San Bernardino. Near Borax Lake. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-05. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #836. |
| Key words | gypsum, California |
| Tech details | 524 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 618 |
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