9iddbe ((SAPONITE pseudomorph after PHILLIPSITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, 2.5 x 2.3 x 1 cm, Thumbnail | |
These are from the collection of Milton Carahan purchased by Jim Minette. Boron has vuggy basalts filled with all kinds of interesting zeolite species. Many are small needing a loop or even a microscope to properly view. The Saponite is the brown crystals and vug lining. Phillipsite were the crystals now brownish Saponite. |