HAMBERGITE
Be₂BO₃(OH)
Little Three mine, Ramona, San Diego County, California

The Little Three mine has yielded fine crystals of some unusual boron minerals. A rehealed fracture is an interesting feature of this well-formed hambergite crystal found in 1991. 

Size: 4.5 cm tall

Acquired: 1992 Gem & Mineral Council purchase; available for adoption through the Adopt-a-Mineral program.

Disposition: On display in the California Minerals exhibit.

Catalog Number: 37434