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TV Stone or "Silky Spar" Ulexite sample
Death Valley National Park, National Park Service
Death Valley, CA, United States
Borax was mined in a variety of locations in Death Valley and was found in several forms. Cottonball was found in salt deposits on the valley floor and traveled to market on 20-mule team wagons in the 1880s. Within a decade, purer forms of borax such as ulexite colemanite, kernite, and priceite were being mined and shipped via railroad lines.
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- Title: TV Stone or "Silky Spar" Ulexite sample
- Contributor: Scotty's Castle - Death Valley National Park, National Park Service
- Original Source: http://www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/death_valley/exb/science/DEVA3465_ulexite.html
- Source: Death Valley National Park
- National Park Service Catalog Number: DEVA 3465
- Medium: Ulexite
- Measurements: L 7, W 3 cm; L 3.5, W 2 cm
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