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Soft gypseous crust underlain by a 10 to 20 inch layer of high-purity ulexite that was mined in shallow pits now filled with water, Salar de Ascotan.

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1962

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Soft gypseous crust underlain by a 10 to 20 inch layer of high-purity ulexite that was mined in shallow pits now filled with water, Salar de Ascotan. The pond is about 10 feet wide. Antofagasta Province, Chile. Circa 1962. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 811, Figure 29. 1974.

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name photoLibrary sge00017
number photoLibrary 32806
batch photoLibrary btch565
number_in_book photoLibrary 17

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