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| Description | |
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| Comments: | Second most abundant mineral. Thick layers of solid trona with borates. Lath-like crystals very common. |
| Quality of samples: | not specified / average specimens |
| Confirmation | |
| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| References | |
| References: | Ayers, Edward F. (1889b), Notes on the crystallization of trona (urao): American Journal of Science, 3rd. series: 38: 65-66; Pabst, Adolf & Bailey, Gilbert E. (1902), The saline deposits of California: California Mining Bureau Bulletin 24: 102; Gale, Hoyt Stoddard (1915), Salines in the Owens, Searles, and Panamint basins, southeastern California: USGS Bulletin 580: 294; Foshag, William Frederick (1935), Burkeite, a new mineral species from Searles Lake, California: American Mineralogist: 20: 51; Dwight L. Sawyer, Jr. (1948), Tincalconite crystals from Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California: American Mineralogist: 33: 472; Smith, George Irving & W.P. Pratt (1957), Core logs from Owens, China, Searles and Panamint Basins, California: USGS Bulletin 1045-A: 27; Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 139, 340, 629; Mineralogical Record (2007): 38: 212.; American Mineralogist 50:281 |
| Associated minerals: | |
| Associates: | Borax Burkeite Glauberite Hanksite Thenardite |
| Data | |
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Trona data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA |
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