A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Northupite from Borax Lake, California |
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| Description | Northupite, Na3MgCl(CO3), forms octahedral crystals, as shown here. It generally occurs a crystals imbedded in clay rich sediments. Gray and gray-brown semitransparent crystals are typical, but some samples are lighter color than the ones in this photo. The largest octahedron shown here is 1 cm tall. |
| Location | USA ▹ California ▹ San Bernardino. Borox Lake. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-20. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #688. |
| Key words | northupite, California |
| Tech details | 192 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 825 |
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