Superb Trona xls (fluorescent)

Owens Lake, Owens Valley, Inyo Co., California
Small Cabinet, 9.9 x 9.7 x 5.5 cm
Start Time: 06/26/2015 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 07/02/2015 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Trona is a rare carbonate found in saline lakes and their evaporites. This is a superb, large example of sugary, translucent, honey-brown crystals of large size. Such specimens from this locale are considered to be the finest examples of the species. From a small find collected by George Seibel in the late 1990s. These haven't been on the market in over a decade and today sell for $500-1000 in this size and quality. Ghostly white fluorescence.

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