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Kernite from
Tincalayu Mine, Antofagasta de la Sierra Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Kernite
Formula:Na2[B4O6(OH)2] · 3H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kernite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tincalayu Mine, Antofagasta de la Sierra Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:111364
Long-form Identifier:1:3:111364:8
GUID (UUID V4):144e6627-c7bf-42fc-bb21-c3222fe55412
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
58, pages 308'313, 1973 Kernitefrom Tincalayu,Salta,Argentina C. S. Hunrsut, Jn. D epartment ol Geological...AnrsrAn^crN ObseraatorioNacional De Fisica Cosmica, San Miguel, Pcia. B. A., Argentina AND R. C. Enu U.S. Geological...Park, Calilornia 940252 Abshact The Tincalayu mine (Salta, Argentina) is essentially a monomineralic deposit...deposit of borax partly transformed to kernite with minor amounts of several rare borates. The deposit...30 m thick and approximately 100 m in diameter. Kernite crystals are clear, transparent and well developed;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ARGENTINAI C. S. Hunr.sur, JR. ANDL. F. Anrsrlnrew, Department oJ GeologicalSciences, H araar d, (Jn,ioers,ily...magnesium borate from the Tincalayu borax deposit, province of salta, Argentina. rt occurs in nodular aggregates...the Tincalayu borax depositlocatedin Salardel Hombre Meurto (Salt Pan of the Dead Man), province of Salta...late Cenozoicage (Muessigand Allen, 1957).The Tincalayu mine is locatedin theseolder rocks in the north...depositare found lensesof borax, ulexite and inderite.The mine can be reachedby car from Pocitos Station on the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
O, a New Mineralfrom Salta,Argentina ConNerrus S. Hunrnur, Jn. Department ol Geological Sciences,Haraard...magnesium borate found at the Tincalayu borax deposit, Salta, Argentina. It occurs as small crystals in...in a matrix of borax, kernite, and tincalconite. The new mineral is monoclinic, 2/m; spacegroup, p2r/a;...Economic Geology, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Argentina, in recognition of his contributions to...fntroduction During an examination of the Tincalayu mine, Salta, Argentina, in l97O a systematiccollection of
Report (issue)
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGY AND RESOURCES OF SALARS IN THE CENTRAL...Reston, VA 22092, and Raul Salas 0., Servicio Nacional de Geologia y Mineria, Santiago, Chile Open-File Report... ILLUSTRATIONS (cont) 4. Page Sketch map of Salar de Atacama, Chile, showing asymmetrical zoning in which...interstitial brines of the porous halite crust of Salar de Uyuni 41 TABLES 1. Principal salars and saline...Reston, VA and X Raul Salas 0., Servicio Nacional ' de Geologia y Mineria, Santiago, Chile ABSTRACT Salars
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FACULTAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA DE CIENCIAS NATURALES y MUSEO REVISTA DEL MUSEO DE LA PLATA (NUEVA SERIE)...BORATO-CARBONATO HIDRATADO DE TINCALA YU, SALTA, ARGENTINA Se presentan los datos de un nuevo mineral encontrado...encontrado incluido en bórax y kernita en la mina Tincalayu, Salta, Argentina. El mineral es Rómbico Dipiramidal...8,01 Á ± 0.02, a:b:c = 0,727: 1: 0,592, volumen de la celda 1068,3 Á. Los cristales son idiomorfos, están...limitados lateralmente por {101 }, lo que les da forma de rombos que tienen los extremos truncados por {100}
Report (issue)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BORATE DEPOSITS by G.J. Orris l Open-File Report...and 3, respectively. Arituzar Mine Calichar Caftuelas Daniel Mine San Marcos Volcanclto Salar Centenario...Prospect Boroquimlca Samicaf Mines La Argentina Maria Teresa Oire Ojo de Agua Rio Alumbrlo Spring Area ...Vilama l-ll EIToro 1 La Mucar Laguna Guacha|ayte Laguna Guayatayoc Baratoyoc Mine Grupo Cordoba Laguna...Bayos Tropa Pete 3erta Prospect 3lanca Lila Mine Boratera de Antuco Celti Occurrence Coyaguaima Archibarca
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA FACULTAD DE ClENCIAS NATURALES y MUSEO REVISTA DEL MUSEO DE LA PLATA (NUEV...SERIE) PROBERTITA, Na CaBsO, 5 "20' DE TINCALAYU, SALTA, ARGENTINA. Sepreseritan las características...encontrado en la mina Tincalayu, Salta, Argentina, incluida en ulexita densa, formando n6dulos de hasta 2 cm...cm de diámetro constituidos por cristales elongados según [001] que miden hasta 5 mm de largo y 1mm de...de sección en disposici6n radial. También se encuentran cristales individuales idiomorfos, bien formados
Report (issue)
Kernite Na2 B4 O6 (OH)2 • 3H2 O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic...= 15.6774(5) X-ray Powder Pattern: Tincalayu deposit, Argentina. 7.40 (100), 6.64 (85), 3.253 (34),...USA. In the Tincalayu borax deposit, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta Province, Argentina. From the Kirka...Kirka borate deposit, Kütahya Province, Turkey. Name: For Kern Co., California, USA, in which Boron is...one-center charge refinement of the light-atom mineral kernite, Na2 B4 O6 (OH)2 • 3H2 O. Amer. Mineral., 58, 21–31
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
C. S. Hunr,aur, JR. ,q,r.ro L. F. AnrsranarN Department oJ GeologicalSciences, Haruard, Uniaersittt,...from the original locality, the'fincalayu mine, Salta, Argentina, form the basis for the present study....Muessig and Allen (1957) from the Tincalayu borax mine, Salta, Argentina. The specimensthey describedwere...but collectedfrom the mine dumps. Since that time and until recently the mine has beenclosedand no new...material was available.With the reopeningof the mine several specimensfrom the new workings have come
Report (issue)
c = 7.815(1) X-ray Powder Pattern: Tincalayu deposit, Argentina. 7.74 (100), 2.579 (19), 3.037 (13)...07 9.33 99.7 100.00 21.70 1− (1) Tincalayu deposit, Argentina; with (OH) calculated for charge balance...Occurrence: In a playa evaporite sequence (Tincalayu deposit, Argentina); at a desert borax spring (Eagle Borax...Spring, California, USA). Association: Borax, kernite, rivadavite, ezcurrite, ameghinite, mcallisterite...tincalconite, ulexite, halite, magnesite (Tincalayu deposit, Argentina); thénardite, blödite, mcallisterite
Report (issue)
= 102◦ 45(3)0 X-ray Powder Pattern: Tincalayu deposit, Argentina. 6.936 (100), 3.074 (38), 4.494 (29)...Total 99.78 100.00 20.72 1− (1) Tincalayu deposit, Argentina; (OH) and H2 O confirmed by DTA; corresponds...Association: Borax, kernite, halite. Distribution: Argentina. From the Tincalayu borax deposit, Salar...Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta Province, Name: Honors Juan Manuel de Ezcurra (1900–1970), Manager of the...Compania Productora de Boratos, S.A., owner of the Tincalayu deposit, Argentina. Type Material: National
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
....................................... Prentiss DE JESUS and Gonca DARDEN‹Z 233 http://dergi.bulletin...with major supplies coming from Turkey, USA and Argentina. Colemanite is the main calcium borate and large...(K›rka), California (Boron), and two in the Andes (Tincalayu and Loma Blanca). K›rka, Boron and Loma Blanca...Anatolia, Death Valley, California, and Sijes (Argentina). Quaternary borates are present in salars (Andes)...tincal, the old name for crude borax, in Purbet Province, India, and about the same time natural boric
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
O) has recentlybeenfoundas a primarymineral in Argentina and primary inyoite (2CaO-3B•O,'13H•O) has been...(10H20) throughtincalconite (5H•O, but metastable),kernite (4H•O), to metakernite (2t-I•O). This suggeststhat...Colemanitehas been reported from Salar Cauchari,Argentina, (2), but more recentwork in the samearea by Ahlfeld...probablysecondary. Inyoite is also reported from Argentina (1), but nothingis saidaboutits mannerof occurrence...the high hydrateof the series. Borax Series.--Kernite, the low hydrateof the borax series,occursonly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
continental borate provinces are located in the USA, Argentina, Chile, Peru, and China, with the largest borate...were extracted from the Aziziye mine (Sultançayır) in the Balıkesir province and was shipped to France for...Boron (California, USA), Kırka (Turkey), and Tincalayu (Argentina) (Kistler and Helvacı 1994). In addition...1770s, the French had sourced borax from Purbet Province (India) and, at about the same time, natural boric...the 19th century. Chile started to mine borate from the Salar de Ascotán [salar means ‘salt flat’ in
Report (issue)
15.97 8.82 25.65 Total [100.00] 100.00 (1) Baker mine, California, USA; average of two analyses, recalculated...activity; may be an ore of boron. Association: Kernite, colemanite, ulexite, borax. Distribution: In...Sterling borax mine, Lang, Los Angeles Co.; and from the Pacific Coast Borax Co. mine, Calico Hills,...Oklahoma. From the Tincalayu borax deposit, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta Province, Argentina. From one km...Günevi deposit, Bigadiç borate district, Balıkesir Province, Turkey. At the Gorleben salt dome, Lower Saxony
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ARGENTINA1 L. F. AnrsrARArN ant C. S. Hunrnur, Ju., Department of Geological Sciences,H araard,U nittersitY...plugJike deposit of massive borax at the Tincalayu Mine, Salta, Argentina. Morphological measulements showed...at the Tincalayu Mine, Salta, Argentina (Fig. 1). Muessig and Allen (1957) in studying this mine concluded..."oro"o*6o " Frc. 1. Location of the Tincalayu Mine, Salta, Argentina. composedessentiallyof massiveborax...massiveborax. In addition to borax and kernite several rare and unusual borates are present, three of which have
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ARGENTINAI L. F. ArDepartment oJ Geological Sciences,H arvard U niversity....hydrous sodium borate found at the Tincalayu borax deposit Satta, Argentina. It occurs in small nodules embeddeclin...centuries. INrnoouctrow The Tincalayu borax deposit in the province of Salta, Argentina has already been the...mineral, ameghinite,Nazo.3BzOr'4H2O,from the same mine. These minerals, unknown elsewhere,undoubtedly owe...composedessentiallyof massive borax. The other uncommon borates, kernite and macallisterite,are also present. For the geologyof
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(2NazO.5BzOr.7HzO), a new sodium borate from Argentina; occurrence,mineralogy, and associatedminerals...occursat the Tincalayu borax mine, Salta province,Argentina, associated with borax and kernite. Ulexite and...The name is for Juan Manuel de Ezcurra, marurgerof the Compania Productora de Boratos,S. A., which owns... Mrcnau Fr,rrscupn 'W'tilsendorfite JreN Ptoras. La wdlsendorfite,nouvelle espBceuranifbre. Compt,.renil...atanga C ompt. r enil., 24, 9 l-93 (7957). et de calcium de All samples (20) of becquerelite examined were
Book (edition)
DIGITAL DEL LIBRO COMPENDIO de LAS ESPECIES MINERALES DE LA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA Compilado y parcialmente...parcialmente actualizado por Milka K. de Brodtkorb En base a la edición de los tomos 1(2002), 2(2006) y 3(2007)...3(2007) cuyos autores fueron M.K. de Brodtkorb, S. Lagorio, C. Latorre, P. Leal, T. Montenegro, O. Morello...Ramos y S. Poma, y en la edición Roberto Miró ASOCIACIÓN MINERALÓGICA ARGENTINA FUNDACIÓN EMPREMIN 2015...(2007) de LAS ESPECIES MINERALES DE LA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA se encuentran agotados y a pedido de numerosos
Report (issue)
product of other borates. Association: Borax, kernite. Distribution: Probably more widespread than the...California. From the Tincalayu borax deposit, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta Province, Argentina. In the Kirka...Kirka borate deposit, Eskiçehir Province, Turkey. At Larderello, Val di Cecina, Tuscany, Italy. From mud
Report (issue)
regions. Association: Inyoite, ulexite, colemanite, kernite, kurnakovite, trona, aphthitalite, glauberite,...along the Qinghai Province-Xizang Plateau. In the Kirka borate deposit, Kütahya Province, Turkey. From the...the Inder borate deposit, Kazakhstan. In Argentina, large reserves at the Loma Blanca deposit, eight...Coranzulı́, Jujuy Province; in the Tincalayu borax deposit, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta Province. In the USA
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1306–1318, 2018 A vibrational spectroscopic study of kernite to 25 GPa: Implications for the high-pressure stability...Earl F. O’Bannon III2, and Quentin Williams1 1 Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of...2 Abstract The Raman and infrared spectra of kernite [Na2B4O6(OH)2·3H2O] have been characterized up...characterized in both the Raman and infrared spectra of kernite, and reassignments of some modes are made based...pressure shifts. Under compression to ~25 GPa, kernite undergoes three phase transitions: one initiates
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
theoccurrence of ulexitein bothNa borate(borax-kernite) andCa borate(ulexite-eolemanite) deposits similarly...preservation. Theoccurrence of Mg borates in borax-kernite deposits is'also relatedto fraetionation processes...similarassociation at the Tinealayuboratedepositin Salta, Argentina, including rivadavite (Na6MgBz4040 ß 22HzO)and...resembles ulexiteandprobertitein fieldexpo- •m. •. La•ora•o•re•ec•ance spec•ra o• re•erence a•s•ar•ni•esample...boratesalsooccuras phases in TertiaryNaborate(borax-kernite) deposeffiorescent crustscanbe verydifficultusingXRD
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits (HeLvacı 2015). plies coming from the USA, Argentina, and Turkey. The principal commercial sodium–calcium...and szaibelyite. In the third group are borax, kernite, colemanite, and ulexite, which provide the sources...for most of the production from Turkey, USA and Argentina. eschweizerbart_xxx Borax (Na2(B4O7 ∙ 10H2O))∙...Kırka (Turkey), Boron (California), and Tincalayu (Argentina). Kernite (Na2(B4O6(OH)2) ∙ 3H2O) has a higher...borax and is present in minor amounts at Kırka, Tincalayu, and Boron. Colemanite (Ca(B3O4(OH)3).H20) is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hexaborate polyanions SusnnrR Gsose ANDCHE'NGWAN Department of Geological Sciences Uniuersity of Washington...Seattle, Washington98 195 Abstract lrom Salta,Argentina,is monoThe rare sodiummagnesium boratemineralaristarainite...chemicalcompositionof aristarainitewas alogy.At Tincalayu,it occursin a matrix of borax with haliteand other...reported by Hurlbut and Erd (1974) as NarO' and kernite,in association rates,mcallisterite, rivadavaite...X 0.42 mm, elongatedparallel to b) from Salta,Argentina, was mounted with the b axis parallel to the phi
 
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