Museum Collection
This specimen is part of the museum collection catalog.
Not for Sale.
Howlite
Tick Canyon, California, USA
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| Classification |
Mineral |
| Tags |
No special tags. |
| Origin Location |
Tick Canyon, California, USA |
| Description |
This piece comes from a famous collecting locality in Southern California which is now closed off for development of housing. Howlite was used extensively as a base mineral that would be dyed blue-green to create simulated Turquoise. It has become increasingly rare in it's own right, as the collecting location has been blocked off, and consequently less common to see it used as a turquoise simulant. |
| Luster |
Dull |
| Luster (Groundmass) |
Not noted, see photo. |
| Optical Phenomena |
Not noted, see photo. |
| Mineral Group / Note |
Not noted, check reference links below. |
| Handling |
No special handling is required. |
| Modifications |
No modifications. |
| Size Group |
Miniature |
| Weight |
Not weighed precisely yet, please inquire. |
| Dimensions |
Not measured precisely yet, please inquire. |
| Quantity |
1 Specimen |
| Mineral List |
Howlite: Ca2SiB5O9(OH)5
calcium silicon pentaboron nonoxygen oxygen pentahydride *
* Formula chemical names are auto-generated - may be incorrect on complex formulas.
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Specimen Analysis |
Color Table
Colors found in this specimen image are shown below. Higher number indicates greater concentration of that color.
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Similarly Colored Minerals:
Minerals with similar color profiles are shown below.
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Acanthite Quartz Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond Quartz / Pyrolusite / Goethite Weloganite / Strontianite Calcite / Serandite / Aegirine |
Elements in this Specimen:
Elements that are part of the official chemical structure of the minerals occurring in this specimen are indicated below.
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Element List:
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Minerals with Similar Chemistry:
Minerals that are similar in terms of their chemical makeup are shown below.
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This Mineral Formula Similar Mineral Formula
Ca Si B O H Ba Ca B Si O H
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