 | | Book | | THE MINERALS OF BORON, CALIFORNIA C) 1~ .....,___ z::,:0 0 0 ~ I _ I CRYSTALS NOT PISTOLS THE... THE MINERALS OF BORON, CALIFORNIA Boron Bulletin Committee Earl Pemberton, Editor William Moller, Geology...Research Society of Californ ia Box 106, Montebello, California ~o,v 10 MIL~S LANCAS~I? P,iU.MMLE JI i...deposit o( massi ve, crystalline sodium borates at Boron , Cali fornia , is the most important occurr e n...describe the mineral occurrences. WHERE IS IT Th e Boron dis tr ic t is located i n the southeast corn e |  | | Report (issue) | | brine julexite [ulexite julexite inyoite, ulexite 'ulexite iborax, inyoite, ulexite, colemanite, jhydroboracite...ulexite, inyoite, hydroboracite, ^eyerhofferite ulexite ulexite, inyoite ulexite ulexite, inyoite? ulexite...tmcalconite brine (Li), ulexite, borax, kernite, inyoite 'ulexite, colemanite, hydroboracite, 'inyoile...tincalconite ' hydroboracite, inyoite hydroboracite, inyoite ulexite, inyoite inyoite, colemanite, hydroboracite...hydroboracite colemanite, inyoite, hydroboracite, ulexite hydroboracite, inyoite ulexite colemanite, hydroboracite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | RICHARD C. Eau U.S. ~eologisal Survey, Menlo Park, California 94025 aeon known hyrax borats mineral ~rnbl~~...O,-13Ha0 CaO~3B,O,4H,O COf@maniti Prioeite Inyoite Nobleite KRAMER R%ferenceIa M%yerh~e~te Oxids...assembkgen in the q&em N~&-CBO-MgO-B,O,O 317 Valley, California (Enn et al., 1969; ERD et al., 1961), and even...described by MCALLISTER (1968). The associations among inyoite, meyerhofEerite and colemanite are also found elsewhere...typically found at the Kramer deposit at Boron, California (see e.g. SCMLLER, 1930; GALE, 1946; BOWSER |  | | Report (issue) | | Inyoite CaB3 O3 (OH)5 • 4H2 O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic...hydroboracite, ulexite, gypsum. Distribution: In the USA, in California, from an adit on Mount Blanco, Furnace Creek...Inyo Co., and in the Kramer borate deposit, Boron, Kern Co. From Hillsborough and Wentworth, New Brunswick...Brunswick, Canada. In large amounts in the Inder boron deposit, Kazakhstan. From many deposits in the Bigadiç...Arequipa Province, Peru. Name: For Inyo Co., California, USA, wherein the first specimens were collected |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | BORATES OF CALIFORNIA M. VONSEN Business man ( f a r m products) in Petaluma, California; amateur mineral...collector. The story of the discovery of borates in California is one of romance and adventure. In fact, one...early prospecting for boron minerals in the mountains and hills of northern California. No less arduous were...1857, to the California Borax Company, for whom he was scouting the northern part of California in search...solution in the waters at Tuscan Springs, Tehama County, later referred to as Lick Springs, and eight miles |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | borates in the California area. ROCKS AND MINERALS September, 1951 BORATES OF CALIFORNIA M. V O N S E...E N Business man (farm products) in Petaluma, California; amateur mineral collector. 1856 is a memorable...and the world's greatest production of borax and boron products. Dr. Veatch found other springs con taining...to powder, and a sulphur deposit. Such re the California Borax Company, for whom ports spurred Dr. Veatch... Lake of borax, a hydrous sodium borate, which County) he crossed a steep range of hills seems to have |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Copyright 0 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd hinted in the USA. All rights reserved 0016-7037/97 $17.00 + .OO Pergamon...Pergamon PI1 SOO16-7037( 97)00135-X The boron isotope geochemistry of the neogene borate deposits...March 17, 1997) Abstract-We have analyzed the boron isotope composition of 80 borate minerals (major...terrugite, probertite, meyerhofferite, inderite, inyoite, hydroboracite, howlite, and pandermite) from the...suggests there is some variation in the sources of boron and Sr to the deposits. Emet has the highest contribution |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS GtULlAil pplement 2 to INERALS OF CALIFORNIA r 1958 through 1961...1961 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS SEP 1 5 1PM Ui=JKAKY STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE RESOURCES AGENCY...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA For 1958 Through 1961' By JOSEPH MulbodH ^%^j; \> University of California, Los... Angele0 And ROBERT W. WE^B ^ Supplement 2 California Division of Mines Ferry Building, LIBRARY UNIVERSITY...Francisco, 1964 of' .STATE )5#MUND ^^^ OF CALIFORNIA G. BROWN, Governor PIhe resources agency FISJHER/ |  | | Report (issue) | | 22.68 26.37 Total 99.89 100.00 • (1) Kern Co., California, USA. (2) Na2 B4 O6 (OH)2 3H2 O Occurrence:...Borax, inyoite, ulexite, colemanite. Distribution: From the Kramer borate deposit, Boron, Kern Co., California...California, USA. In the Tincalayu borax deposit, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta Province, Argentina....Province, Turkey. Name: For Kern Co., California, USA, in which Boron is located. Type Material: Harvard...National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 95643. References: (1) Palache, C., H. Berman, and |  | Kusachi, Isao, Kobayashi, Shoichi, Tanabe, Mitsuo, Kishi, Shigetomo, Yamakawa, Junji (2004) Inyoite from Fuka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 99 (2) 67-71 doi:10.2465/jmps.99.67 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 99, page 67 ─ 71, 2004 Inyoite from Fuka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan 67 Inyoite from Fuka, Okayama Prefecture...Okayama University, Okayama 700 − 8530, Japan Inyoite was found as fissure fillings in calcium borate...skarns at the Fuka mine, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Inyoite occurs as aggregates of tabular crystals up to...fillings are composed only of inyoite. This is the first finding of inyoite in Japan. The type of occurrence...density is 1.875 g cm 3. It is likely that the inyoite at the Fuka mine was formed by a reaction of ground |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | geological setting and volcanostratigraphic succession. Boron is widely distributed; including in soil and water...water, plants and animals. The element boron does not exist freely by itself in nature, but rather it occurs...salts, commonly known as borates. Approximately 280 boron-bearing minerals have been identified, the most...scale. They are located in Anatolia (Turkey), California (USA), Central Andes (South America) and Tibet (Central...major commercial source of boron, with major supplies coming from Turkey, USA and Argentina. Colemanite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 0016-7037/86/13.00 + .oO LETTER Boron isotopic composition of marine and nonmarine evaporite borates...1986) Abstract-Here we present the results of the boron isotopic analysis of borates from some well-known...02 + 0.04). Previous studies have shown thatthe boron isotopic composition of seawater (d”B - 40 permil...- 4.20) is about four percent heavier than the boron isotopic composition of most crustal rocks and minerals...should be possible to use boron isotopic composition as a tracer for boron of marine evaporitic origin |  | Swihart, G. H., Carpenter, S. B., Xiao, Y., McBay, E. H., Smith, D. H., Xiao, Y. (2014) A Boron Isotope Study of the Furnace Creek, California, Borate District. Economic Geology, 109 (3) 567-580 doi:10.2113/econgeo.109.3.567 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | v. 109, pp. 567–580 A Boron Isotope Study of the Furnace Creek, California, Borate District George...Department 4 Chemical and Borax Inc., Valencia, California 91355 of Chemistry, University of Memphis, Memphis...approximately 30 known deposits in the Furnace Creek, California, borate district reveal mineralogical zoning...primary or formed by postdepositional alteration. Boron isotope analysis was applied to drill core samples...deposits, it is proposed that the isotopically heavier boron of probertite in the inner zone of zoned deposits |  | | Report (issue) | | efflorescence on soils in arid regions. Association: Inyoite, ulexite, colemanite, kernite, kurnakovite, trona...hanksite, halite, gypsum. Distribution: An ore of boron in some deposits, with numerous minor occurrences...del Hombre Muerto, Salta Province. In the USA, in California, commercial deposits at Borax Lake, Lake...Bernardino Co.; in the Kramer borate deposit, Boron, Kern Co.; from Furnace Creek and Resting Springs, |  | | Report (issue) | | 81(1)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Mt. Blanco, California, USA. (ICDD 12-411). 8.31 (100), 6.47 (100), 4.97...21 Total 100.61 100.00 • (1) Mt. Blanco, California, USA. (2) CaB3 O3 (OH)5 H2 O. Occurrence: Typically... Association: Inyoite, colemanite, hydroboracite, ulexite. Distribution: In the USA, from the Mt. Blanco..., and in the Kramer borate deposit, Boron, Kern Co., California. At Mesa del Almo, 13 km southeast of...National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 87237, 93640. References: (1) Palache, C., H. Berman |  | Oi, Takao, Nomura, Masao, Musashi, Masaaki, Ossaka, Tomoko, Okamoto, Makoto, Kakihana, Hidetake (1989) Boron isotopic compositions of some boron minerals. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 53 (12) 3189-3195 doi:10.1016/0016-7037(89)90099-9 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | U.S.A. ~1~?53?/89~3.~ + .W Boron isotopic compositions of some boron minerals TAKAO Or,’ MASAO NOMURA...a mineral) have higher “B/‘OB ratios. Abstract-Boron geologic origin have been collected and analyzed...give 10.8 18 as the value of the atomic weight of boron. This value should be compared to the IUPAC-quoted...Confining the subject to boron minerals, the natural variation in the boron atomic weight is at least...SWIHARTet al., 1986). The natural variation of the boron isotopic ratio is of great geochemical interest |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | known to contain any of the minerals colemanite, inyoite, ulexite, borax, tincalconite and teruggite with...the source of the borates. The early colemanite, inyoite, ulexite, borax and teruggite nodules and crystals...mining methods at Loma Blanca; principally borax, inyoite and ulexite are extracted by the Industrias Quimicas...Tertiary deposit in the world, after Karka (Turkey), Boron (United States) and Tincalayu (Argentina), where...minerals in the Loma Blanca deposit are borax inyoite and ulexite, with minor colemanite and trace teruggite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | boratesalts,examplesbeing:clinoptilolite,analcite,boron-bearing K feldspar,howlite, searlesite,opal,and...lateststageof the namely,westernAnatolia(Turkey), California(USA), Miocene,terrestrialsedimentsand tuffsof uppermost...mostcasesit is accompanied by otherborates,suchasulexite,inyoite,terugite,tunellite,and tincalconite(Helvaci,1986;...Muessing(1959) haveshownthat the mosthydratedform(inyoite)is the stablephaseprecipitatedundersurficial conditions...casewelldescribedat the Billie borate depositof California (Countryman,1979). The firstcaseismoreplausiblebecause: |  | | Journal (issue) | | calcium silicate, one of the rarer zeolites • Grant County, Oregon • tiny crystals with a striking pearly...(only), 3x3 - 17.50 (only), complex silicate of boron & aluminum Chainpur, Nepal sharp, well-formed loose...mineral books 1724 University Ave.* Berkeley, California 94703 • 415-TH3-7564 &Ann Frazier superb minerals...call: 213-347-6491 P.O. BOX 624 WOODLAND HILLS, CALIFORNIA 91364 Mineralogical Records; Volume 3/Number...Ching Chang Woo John S. White, Jr. Walter R. Brown Boron Minerals and Deposits, Part 2 ................. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | S7N 5E2, Canada e-mail: yuanming.pan@usask.ca Boron, owing to its special electron configuration, forms...1D2h:\D2h[ Death Valley/ROM Corazza (1974) Inyoite CaB3O3(OH)54H2O 1D2h:\D2h[ Death Valley/ROM...Probertite CaNa[B5O7(OH)4]3H2O 2D3h:\D2h [–\D2h[ California/ROM Nobleite Ca[B6O9(OH)2]3H2O 3D3h:[/]\D2h[|\D2h[|\D2h[|...Kernite Na2B4O6(OH)23H2O 3D4h:\D2h[–\D2h[–\D2h[ California/ROM Giese (1966) [4] [3] Notation of the...group includes kurnakovite, inderite, kaliborite, inyoite and ulexite, with di-triborate and pentaborate |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Borate Minerals. IV. The Crystal Structure of Inyoite, CaB303(OH)5.4H20* BY J o ~ R. C r ~ u ~ U.S...Baltimore 18, Maryland, U.S.A. (Received 6 May 1958) Inyoite, CaBaOa(OH)5.4 HzO, is monoclinic, P21/a, a= 10...obtained for each of the three principal zones. Inyoite contains the same isolated [BaOs(OH)5] -~ polyions...triangle linking the two tetrahedra. Polyions of inyoite are connected to one another and to neighboring...Experimental work S t u d y of the crystal structure of inyoite was undert a k e n as p a r t of an investigation |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mount Kahovan and nearby localities; 3, Qaragol Boron and Ilchagh mines; 4, Mount Khowrin, Tafresh district...contrast. Qaragol (or Gharah Gol) Boron Mine The Qaragol (or Gharah Gol) Boron mine is situated 3.5 kilometers...magnesium-bearing borates such as colemanite, inyoite, meyerhofferite, and szaibélyite (Rahimpour and...4 cm (largest crystal 1.4 cm), from the Qaragol Boron mine. Vachik Hairapetian specimen and photo. Volume...2017 Figure 10. Pseudorhombohedral crystals of inyoite associated with prismatic colorless crystals of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Printed inXUorthern Ireland Isotopic boron composition of certain boron minerals H. 0. FINLEY, A. R. EBERLE...the isotopic composition of naturally occurring boron have been carried out since the early work of INGHRAM...made in a ‘$gas” instrument employing volatile boron compounds such as fluoride, hy~ides or methyl ester...MCMULLEN et al. (1961) was investigated by analysing boron minerals from various parts of the world. The samples...procedure that gives 100 per cent recovery of the boron. Thus, no fractionation can occur. The tetraborate |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | borax. No petrographic evidence was found for an inyoite-to-colemanite transformation, as previously proposed...present, including the Kramer deposit in Boron, California, and the Kırka deposit in Turkey, have led...in western Turkey (Helvacı & Yagmurlu 1995). The boron in the Kırka deposit is assumed to have been derived...interpreted as being derived from the alteration of an inyoite precursor. Inan et al. (1973) also considered...of ulexite, and some fine-grained textures of inyoite. They considered as being secondary the coarsely |  | Obradovic, Jelena, Stamatakis, Michael G., Anicic, Stojan, Economou, George S. (1992) Borate and borosilicate deposits in the Miocene Jarandol Basin, Serbia, Yugoslavia. Economic Geology, 87 (8) 2169-2174 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.87.8.2169 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | point intersec- manitc. Trace amounts of other boron minerals, such as tionsthataresuggestive of mineralequilibrium(Fig...containauthigenicboron(NasO.2CaO. 5BsOa-16HsO) or inyoite (2CaO. bearingK feldspar,sothat salinityand/orpH...Jarandolbasin,magnesite occursstrati- (liineburgite)or boron, silica, and sodium(searlegraphicallybelowthe borates...ate existin the Jarandolbasin.In these springs,boron thattheinitialporefluidswererichin Mg+2andhada concentrations...water ing enrichmentof fluidsby sediment-derived boron flowingout of the nearbyultrabasicbasement.We andmay |
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Rio Tinto Borax open pit, Rio Tinto Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA