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Ulexite from
Larderello, Pomarance, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Ulexite
Formula:NaCa[B5O6(OH)6] · 5H2O
Comments:Colourless crystals in association with kernite, orpiment, and realgar.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ulexite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Larderello, Pomarance, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1225380
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1225380:9
GUID (UUID V4):525c5871-09ef-45c5-add8-bbb8e983faf5
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
London. 1920, pp. 262, 265, 284. 16237 A2 4 Ulexite, white in colour, is found in massive form or as...found in such -deposits are colemanite, priceite, ulexite and kernite. Deposits of this character are known...of which m~y contain borate minerals, chiefly ulexite, wit}1, occasionally, bo1. ax. Numbera of s11rh...emanations from the fumaroles or soffi-011,i of Tuscany are sources of boric acid. Hot Springs in Volcanic...Regions .---'These are sot1rces of sassolite in Tuscany, of colemanite a,t Banos del Toro, Cl1ile, and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cecina River alluvial aquifer (central-western Tuscany, Italy) Maddalena Pennisi *, Roberto Gonfiantini, Sergio...di Ricerca del CNR, Via G. Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy Received 30 March 2005; accepted 8 November 2005...aquifer of the upper Cecina River basin in Tuscany, Italy, often exceeds the limit of 1 mg L1 set by...mud derived from boric acid manufacturing in Larderello. The releases were discontinued 25–30 years ago...Possera Creek, which carries the B releases from Larderello. Strontium isotope ratios support this conclusion
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
commercial sources of borate – borax, colemanite and ulexite. These major commercial deposits are associated...the Aziziye mine (Sultançayır) in the Balıkesir province and was shipped to France for processing (Travis...source of boron sources of borate: colemanite, ulexite and borax. All three and have been used for millennia...1770s, the French had sourced borax from Purbet Province (India) and, at about the same time, natural boric...discovered in hot springs in the Maremma region of Tuscany (Italy). The discovery and commercial development
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from a worldwide commercial standpoint are borax, ulexite, and colemanite, which are produced in a limited...number of countries. Turkey has the largest borax, ulexite and colemanite reserves in the world and all the...countries are dependent upon the colemanite and ulexite reserves of Turkey. * Corresponding author: Cahit...tincal, the old name for crude borax, in Purbet Province, India, and about the same time natural boric...in the hot springs in the Maremma region of Tuscany, Italy. The middle of the nineteenth century was a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
calcium berates 2 ~ Ulexite, White Basin, Clark Co., Nevada, U.S.A. 3 ~ Ulexite, Iquique, Peru Calcium...Moravicza, Roumania Ammonium Larderelite, borate Larderello, 13 14 15 16 17 18 47 48 49 50 51 Test of...60-80q; i 80-100~; 1 Br. 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 Italy Beryllium borate Madagascar 11 i Hambergite, 12...Sweden Blue-Green, Varutriisk, Sweden Green, Elba, Italy Green, Jos-plateau, S. Sigeria Black, Varut.r&sk
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rnebohmite(Ce)) 4 – Baveno \(45°55`N, 8°30`E), Piemonte, Italy \\* 1901bavenite; 1998scandiobabingtonite 12 –...6 km, including Cherbadung (= Pizzo Cervandone, Italy)) \\1845dufrenoysite;…1994fetiasite (Gorb); 1...della Vena m. \Stazzema (43°59`N, 10°18`E), Tuscany, Italy \\1979apuanite; …1997dessauite; 1999scainiite...km NE of Ornavasso (45°58`N, 8°24`E), Piemonte, Italy \\1905paracelsian;…1984titantaramellite 11 – Cap...\Rosia (43°15`N, 11°12`E), ~10 km SW of Siena, Tuscany, Italy \\1968onoratoite;…1999clinocervantite 4 –
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
borate-bearing shales underlying the ore body. Probertite, ulexite, colemanite, borax, and kernite, all founcl within...Efforescences of copiapite, mirabilite, sassolite, ulexite, borax and a little calcite and halite confirm...the shale surrounding the ore body, probertite, ulexite, colemanite, and howlite are found. Lesseriteand...mineralshave been found: mirabilite, copiapite,sassolite,ulexite, borax, and a little calcite and halite (R.C.Erd...Un nuovo minerale fra i produtti boriferi di Larderello: Atti accad.nazl. Lincei, Rend..classesci. fs
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Artesian Basin, Australia Rift Valley, Israel Larderello, Italy Salt-lake environments Dead Sea, Israel Surface...Izu-Bonin, N Mariana arcs Sassolites Japan Larderello, Italy ~11B (%0) References - 2 9 . 9 to - 2 ...minerals: boracite, hilgardite, howlite, inyoite, ulexite. * Non-marine evaporite minerals: borax, colemanite...meyerhofferite, pandermite, szaibelyite, tincalconite, ulexite. Abbreviations used for basalts are: MORBs (mid-ocean...~11B values of drillhole condensates from the Larderello geothermal field (+21.8 to +29.1%o) are set apart
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
isolated and fully hydrated in the structure of ulexite, NaCa[BsO6(OH)6].5H20 (Clark and Appleman, 1964:...Rumanova, Gandymov (1971); Rumanova et al. (1971) ulexite, NaCa[BsO6(OH)6] - 5H20 Clark, Appleman (1964);...Pentaborate polyanion in the crystal structure of ulexite, NaCaBsO6(OH)6.5H20. Science 145, 1295-1296 (1964)...S., Wan, C., Clark, J.R.: Crystal structure of ulexite, a natural light-transmission fiber. Am. Cryst... F. : Santite, a new mineral phase from Larderello, Tuscany. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 27, 159-165 (1970)
Book (volume)
Ca2B4O4(OH)7Cl·7H2O Locality: Salar de Carcote deposit, El Loa province, Antofagasta, Chile. Description: Colourless crystal...Description: Colourless crystal from the association with ulexite and kernite. Identified by IR spectrum. Wavenumbers...669, 629, 603w, 578, 546w, 513, 495w, 422. B3 Ulexite NaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O Locality: Bulganak area of...borax deposit, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta province, Argentina (type locality). Description: Colourless...District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar. Description: Grey grains from the
Journal (issue)
massive aggregate of alabaster from Volterra, near Pisa (Italy). This gem material is basically the mineral...Paris Basin (France); Bologna, Livorno, Pisa and Sicily (Italy); Chihuahua (Mexico); California, Colorado...Colorado, Michigan and New Mexico (USA). (Italy) and Berlin (Germany): it is to these cities that the finest...deposits have been unearthed in Austria, Greenland, Italy, Zam bia and the Scottish Highlands. ALMANDH\IE...sometimes known as succinite; amber from Sicily (Italy) is called simetite; amber from Myanmar (Burma)
Report (volume)
first described from a boiling hot spring in Tuscany, Italy in 1778 and boracite was the first more complex...Russian Far East, and Mg-Fe borates in the Liaoning Province, China. In compiling the Table, whenever possible...for the Early Proterozoic deposit in Liaoning Province, China is that the deposit formed by metamorphism...P, Tolomeo L (1977) Harkerite from Alban Hills, Italy. Lithos 10:133-141 Baysal O (1973) New hydrous magnesium-borate...Un nuovo minerale fra i prodotti boriferi di Larderello. Atti Accad Nazi Lincei, Rend Classe Sci Fis
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252 Witherite 254 Cerussite and aurichalcite Ulexite Strange mineral properties Barite and celestite...Vesuvian volcanoes, named after Mount Vesuvius in Italy, erupt only once every ten or more years, The lava...California, U.S.A, Weiraki, New Zealand, and Larderello, Italy—projects have been established to try to generate...Greenland, shale in Argentina and limestone in Italy prove that these strata are the same age. @ The...which look like straw. 257 Ulexite @ Classified as a borate, ulexite contains sodium, calcium, boron
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is an example of a poly- tites. been found in Italy (Sicily and Romagna), Diamond is found in South...Australia, Morocco, Zambia, the Balkan countries, Italy, etc. converted into beta-sulfur (monoclinic for...France. fi? A Sulfur (ca. x 1), Belisio, Pesaro, Italy. Octahedral diamond crystal > : (ca. x 0.5) Kimberley...sublimation craters. Germany, Hungary, Japan, and Italy. of sea water. Deep deposits, due to their ASSOCIATED...Violet rock salt (ca. x 1), Calascibetta, Enna, Italy. TRANSPARENT MINERALS 37 FLUORITE FLUORITE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mine tunnel walls at the Brosso mine, Piedmont, Italy (type, Ferraris et al. 1978) and the Sterling Mine...associated with geothermal piping systems at Larderello, Tuscany, Italy, and were discovered prior to 1978; none...Federico Pezzotta for information on localities in Italy; Dingyi Qian for translations of numerous critical...Canavesite, a new carbonate mineral from Brosso, Italy. Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 69–73. Fersman, A.E... H. (2007) Preparation of calcium borate from ulexite by hydrothermal depolymerization method. Inorganic
Report (volume)
first described from a boiling hot spring in Tuscany, Italy in 1778 and boracite was the first more complex...Russian Far East, and Mg-Fe borates in the Liaoning Province, China. In compiling the Table, whenever possible...for the Early Proterozoic deposit in Liaoning Province, China is that the deposit formed by metamorphism...P, Tolomeo L (1977) Harkerite from Alban Hills, Italy. Lithos 10:133-141 Baysal O (1973) New hydrous magnesium-borate...Un nuovo minerale fra i prodotti boriferi di Larderello. Atti Accad Nazl Lincei, Rend Classe Sci Fis
Book (edition)
expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga...Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided to three regions: INTRODUCTION...conditions in the gold-bearing "greenstone" in Abitibi province in northern Ontario and Quebec. Some genetic problems... Actinolite - byssolite, 50 mm, Valle d'Aosta, Italy, G short-columnar crystals, usually in granular
Book (volume)
Diamond Emerald Opal Topaz Tourmaline Germany Topaz Italy Tourmaline Egypt Emerald Peridot Turquoise Nigeria...indicator minerals in glacial tills, south east Slave province, Canadian Shield. Triangles indicate locations...Blusson to the discovery of this rich diamond province. Original figure by John Armstrong. concealment...be followed to the source. In the Slave diamond province of northern Canada, slim, pencil-like glacial...Others, particularly state surveys in the USA and Italy, have an educational function. The Geological Survey
Book (edition)
sample of scheelite, coming from Traversella (Turin, Italy), in light natural (above) and exposed Other...Europe, small deposits are found near Pisa and Florence (Italy). Uses Native copper rarely occurs in...Formerly mined in a small district near Monte Rosa (Italy). The main source of the commercial metal, used...Found in quartzite lenses near Serravezza (Lucca, Italy) in deposits of commercial importance. Uses In amalgams...the Harz (Germany), Erzgebirge (DDR), France, Italy, Romania and Czechoslovakia. In Camp, Santa Cruz
Report (volume)
' Probably monoclinic1. ALURGITE. Piedmont, Italy (W. T. Schaller). Copper-red mica. 2V near 0, p>v...= 1.746 ± 0.003; rather pale brown. 2. Baveno, Italy. c a = 1.713 ±0.003. ft = 1.727 ±0.003. 7 =1...717±0.003. e=1.818±0.003. BAVENITE. Baveno, Italy (U. S. N. M. 85180). Clear, tabular crystals. Optically+...bechilite. 1. Larderello, Italy. Made up chiefly of sassolite and larderellite. 2. Larderello, Italy (A. M....Borocalcite (hayesine). The specimen is no doubt ulexite. 4. See Boussingaultite No. 1 (p. 50). 5. Banos
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at the University of Modena, Italy. Monte Chiaro, Taro Valley, Italy. Veniale, F. & van der Marel, H...at Ziryanovsk, Altai Mountains, Semipalatinsk Province, Kazakhstan. Rose, G. (1828) In Haidinger, W....composition, a contraction of aluminite, alum. Tolfa, Italy. Gesner (1565) In Beudant, F.S. (1824): Traité élémentaire...develops when it is heated or rubbed. Cyclops Island, Italy. Hurlbut, CJ. (1937): Geol. Foren. Stockholm Forh...(1916-1942?). Wilagedera prospect, North Western Province, Sri Lanka. The name is derived from its composition:
Book (edition)
Republic). W.D. Birch (Australia), Elena Bonaccorsi (Italy), Ernst A.J. Burke (Netherlands), L.J. Cabri (Canada)...M. Dcliens (Belgium). Giancarlo Delia Ventura (Italy), T.S. Ercit (Canada). Alexander Falster (USA)....(Canada). L.A. Groat (Canada). Alessandro Guastoni (Italy), William A. Henderson. Jr. (USA). D.D. Hogarth...(ltaly). Igor Pekov (Russia), atale Perchiazzi (Italy). Ole V. Petersen (Denmark). Fedcrico Pezzotta (ltaly)...Apuan 2(Si2O7)(SiO,)O(OH), Alps,Stazzema,Lucca,Tuscany,ltaly,SI, 152-158,EJM 18,551-567, CM 44, 523-531
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by reference to the nearest town or village, a province or county name, or a prominent geographical feature...fluoresce yellow and occasionally blue. From Tuscany, Italy, are strontianite, with brilliant red fluorescence...glass-clear, and colorless albite crystals from Exilles, Italy, fluoresce red of moderate brightness. Very similar...and lazurite. From the Pitigliano quarry in Tuscany, Italy, are small greenish crystals of haiiyne that...Cotunnite—PbCl> Found in the volcanics of Mount Vesuvio, Italy, cotunnite fluoresces bright yellow- orange under
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by reference to the nearest town or village, a province or county name, or a prominent geographical...fluoresce yellow and occasionally blue. From Tuscany, Italy, are strontianite, with brilliant red fluorescence...and colorless albite crystals from Ex- illes, Italy, fluoresce red of moderate brightness. Very similar...and lazurite. From the Pitigliano quarry in Tuscany, Italy, are small greenish crystals of haiiyne that...Cotunnite—PbCl> Found in the voleanics of Mount Vesuvio, Italy, cotunnite fluoresces bright yellow- orange under
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Greece. Other occurrences are found in Chile, Italy, France, Germany, Turkey, and Algeria. SELECTED...Switzerland; and several localities in northern Italy. SELECTED REFERENCE: Peishan, Z., and Kejie, T....the Lake Baikal area, USSR; at Pitigliano, Tuscany, Italy; and at the Edwards mine, Edwards, New York...CONSTANTS: High temp.: @ = S72 way, Sweden, France, Italy, Switzerland (pericline), Austria, Germany, USSR...Chiaro, Taro Valley, Italy; in weathered serpentine from Ferriere, Nure Vally, Italy; and in Precambrian
 
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