 | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | ulexite ulexite, borax, tincalconite, colemanite, howlite ulexite ulexite? ulexite ulexite, borax? _ ulexite...ulexite 'colemanite colemanite, howlito colemanite, howlite colemanite, ulexite; minor inyoite, 'meyerhoffente...ludwigite ludwigile colemanite, howlite, uloxite, mcallisterite, others howlite, minor colemanite BORATE...Zeolite Deposit CALICO-DAGGET AREA United States - California Aguila GilaBend ': 11 N N N N N 34-5734...B-bearing shale coiemanite B-bearing shale coiemanite, howlite, bakerite?, B-bearing shale B-bearing shale brine |  | | 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...meyerhofferite, inderite, inyoite, hydroboracite, howlite, and pandermite) from the main deposits (Kirka...suggests there is some variation in the sources of boron and Sr to the deposits. Emet has the highest contribution |  | | 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 conĀ taining...to powder, and a sulphur deposit. Such reĀ 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 (issue) | | mineral species from Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah, USA 91-102 The crystal structure of bergenite...discovery at the Cryo-Genie mine, San Diego County, USA 170-187 Porcelaneous datolite in Michigan's Lake...Kilimandjaro 20-21 Mammoth Hot Springs (wyoming, USA) 23-28 Philippe Bourseiller (fotograaf) 29-31 Pierre...de Latonville quarry, Brookville, Windsor, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada, waar het in 1868 ontdekt...1957) Rechts : howlietodulen van Tick Canyon, California, USA (foto Rik Dillen) In Duitsland werd het gevonden |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | fringe of the Mojave desert in south central California. It would be hard to find an area richer in variety...minerals are also available on the old dumps at Boron, Calif., where the Pacific Coast Borax Company operates...the groups camping in the beautiful, improved Kern County Camp right on the summit of the mountains. There...radiating crystals. Hydrozincite, smithsonite, howlite, gypsum, strontianite, ce'estite and others; it...as field trips for the 1950 Convention of the California Federation of MineraloRi'cal Societies which |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Library] at 07:06 06 January 2015 Even though California is known as the āGolden State, ā it could also...the Tourmaline State, or the Colemanite State. California is, in fact, one of the worldās greatest sources...localities, the reader is encouraged to consult the āCalifornia Locality Indexā (Kampf et al. 1989). The bibliography...great deal from the many publications of the California Division of Mines and Geology. The most valuable...tool for finding information on older mines in California is the Consolidated Index of Publications, Division |  | 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) | | colemanitc body that containssubsidiaryamountsof howlite. The colemanitccommonlyis brecciatedandrecrystallized...wormlike bodies that are lessthan 2 cm large. Howlite marginsare coatedby darkgrayclayeymaterial. :[--ā¢7ā¢...Synthetic stratigraphic columnofJarandol basin,Serbia, howlite,but the percentageof coleYugoslavia (ObradovicandVasic...greenishfilmsmadeby claymin- cm in diameter.In thin section,the howlite hasa maserals. sive texture and consistsof smallacicularcrystals...point intersec- manitc. Trace amounts of other boron minerals, such as tionsthataresuggestive of mineralequilibrium(Fig |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE ORIGIN OF THE COLEMANITE DEPOSITS OF CALIFORNIA. Wā¢UUā¢Aā¢ F. FoSā¢AO.ā¢ INTRODUCTION. Since the...calciumborate, colemanite,in the Calico Mountains of California in I882, it has become the most important source... mined in California. So far it has been found in com- mercial amountsonly in California, and, as far...Angeles,Ventura, San Bernardinoand Inyo Counties in California. Borates in the form of borax and ulexite are...waters of Borax and Hachinhama Lakes in Lake County, California, are rich in dissolvedborax. The writer has |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineralogist, Volume 74, pages230-235, 1989 A boron-bearingpotassiumfeldspar in volcanicash and tuffaceousrocks...0003-004x/89/0 I 02-o230$02.00 230 STAMATAKIS: BORON-BEARING POTASSIUM FELDSPAR 23r SAMOS @Neogffi...describedfrom saline-alkaline lake deposits of the western USA (Sheppardand Gude, 1965, 1973a,1973b).The ser'rmicroanalysesand...LNU do not indicate the presenceof searlesiteor howlite, borosilicate minerals usually present in B-rich...discreteNa, Sr, Ca, Mg borate minerals, and also howlite and searlesite, that would otherwise contribute |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | S7N 5E2, Canada e-mail: yuanming.pan@usask.ca Boron, owing to its special electron configuration, forms...Death Valley/ROM Burns and Hawthorne (1993) Howlite Ca2SiB5O9(OH)5 1D4h:2h, \D2h[ Newfoundland/ROM...Probertite CaNa[B5O7(OH)4]3H2O 2D3h:\D2h [ā\D2h[ California/ROM Nobleite Ca[B6O9(OH)2]3H2O 3D3h:[/]\D2h[|\D2h[|\D2h[|...Kernite Na2B4O6(OH)23H2O 3D4h:\D2h[ā\D2h[ā\D2h[ California/ROM Giese (1966) [4] [3] Notation of the...colemanite, probertite, nobleite, priceite and howlite, in which each [3]B has 3 BO but the FBB types |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Introduction 3IEXICO ā¢ [ [ToTucson IIIĆøOdWā¢. Howlite. a calcium borosilicate,and the zeolites ā¢ clinoptiloliteand..."colemanite" occurrence. They showedthat the deposit was howlite rather than colemanite, but the zeolite occurrences...with McAnulty.We subsequentlycollected,within the howlite-bearingsection, zeolitic tuffs which contain clinoptilolite...Becausethe borate deposits of Nevada and many in California are in the Basin and Range province, the occurrenceof...few tens of ANA x\ acres in extent. CUCURPE Howlite, clinoptilolite,and phillipsite occur here in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | potash deposits, at Penobsquis and Millstream, Kings County, New Brunswick, are described in detail. These...colemanite, congolite, danburite, hilgardite, howlite, hydroboracite, kurgantaite, penobsquisite, pringleite...metamorphism remains unknown. Keywords: borate minerals, boron isotopes, marine evaporite, chemical composition...colemanite, congolite, danburite, hilgardite, howlite, hydroboracite, kurgantaĆÆte, penobsquisite, pringleĆÆte...from Noel, Hants County, Nova Scotia, which he named āsilicoborocalciteā (now howlite). It occurs as nodules |  | | Report (issue) | | Pattern: Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Death Valley, California, USA. 3.13 (100), 5.64 (50), 3.85 (50), 2.550 (50)...21.91 Total 99.98 100.00 (1) Death Valley, California, USA. (2) Ca2 B6 O11 ā¢ 5H2 O. Occurrence: A common...typically under warm conditions. Association: Howlite, ulexite, searlesite, priceite, nobleite, ginorite...sedimentary borate deposits worldwide. In the USA, in California, from Death Valley, near Ryan, Furnace Creek...Yermo, Calico Hills, San Bernardino Co.; from Boron, Kern Co.; at the Anniversary mine, Muddy Mountains |  | | 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 (dāB - 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | fvpplement to MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA For 1955 Through 1957 California Division of Mines Supplement...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA For 1955 through 1957 By JOSEPh t^4Ara^ % University of California, Los Ange...WEBB University of California, Santa (Barbara with INDEX TO MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA ARRANGED BY COUNTIES...ELIZABETH COLLINS California Division of Mines Supplement to Bulletin 173 California Division of Mines....^rice$1.00 173 SUPPLEMENT TO MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA FOR 1955 THROUGH 1957 By JOSEPH MURDOCH and |  | | 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) | | with molybdenite crystals at Cleator in Yavapai County. The hexagonal crystals are found frozen in quartz...Morgan was aware of the find of this mineral at Boron and showed us several kilograms of nodules ranging...ranging in size from 6 x 6 cm up to 10 x 12 cm. The Boron nodules do not have the dark gray veining well known...1: Molybdenite, Cleator, Yavapai County, Arizona. California Howlite Nodules On a recent field trip, Rock...the dump area of the U . S . Borax open pit at Boron. The variety of available material was limited, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VEATCHITE, A NEW CALCIUM BORATE FROM LANG, CALIFORNIA GBoncaSwrrzrn, Haraaril (Jniuersity,Combrid.ge...veatchite, cagBoo. 2Hro, ^is a new mineral from Lang, california. rt is monoclinic, withlatticeconstants oo:6...h i t e c r o s s fibre veins in limestone and howlite. INrnonucrroN The mineral here described was found...of Petaluma, California, at the old colemanite mine at Lang, Los Angeles County, California, in September...grey clay, cutting massive white limestone and howlite. The new speciesis apparently rare, since only |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | tunellite. Key-words: nobleite, calcium borate hydrate, boron mineral, crystal structure, hydrogen bonding. Introduction...Creek area of Death Valley National Monument, California, and its mineralogical properties were described...coal and borates. The first information about the boron minerals in the western part of the Jarandol basin...the boron mineral, howlite, appears as an elongated lens of about 10 cm. In addition to howlite, colemanite...occurrence may be taken, at present, for a small howlite and colemanite deposit. Later, in 1988 during deep |  | | Book | | Randsburg Rhodonite.................................. Boron Travertine..................... Castle Butte Petrified...where Juan Rodrigues Cabrillo/ discoverer of California, first stepped ashore on October 17, 1542. The...patterned travertine we have seen from Southern California. It was originally formed as stalactites which...Discovery Well where the first producing well in Kern County was sunk in 1899- A short way farther is the...potholes others have dug. Good luck! Across the Kern River from Shark Tooth Hill is an oasis in the dry |  | | Journal (issue) | | the realm of turquoise imitations is the mineral howlite, which has been stained to a turquoise-blue colour...they m a d e a very good imitation of turquoise. Howlite, sometimes known as silicoborocalcite, is a snowwhite...m e d after Professor H . How, of Nova Scotia, howlite was first found near Windsor, at Brookville and...at Winkworth (now known as Wentworth) in Hants County, Nova Scotia. T h e mineral is found embedded in...minerals with howlite has been called winkworthite. T h e most important sources of howlite are in California |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | to study. From the borate deposit at the Boron open pit, Boron, Calif., comes a large assortment of fluorescent...is best known in this country from Boron and Mount Blanco, California. As is the case with so many of the...observe this fluorescence in specimens studied. HOWLITEāFound as nodules and small masses in clay at borax...make for an attractive end product. Masses of howlite have been reported up to several hundred pounds...happened all too often here in Arizona and in California. I can name several formerly fine collecting |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in bothboratezones, butotherborates, including howlite, probertite, andhydroboracite arepresent in thelower...meyerhofferite, pandermite, tertsehite (?),hydroboraeite, howlite, tunellite, and rivadavite arefoundin the upperboratezone...includethe partialreplacement of colemanitc by howlite andhydroboracite andulexiteby tunellite. Nodular-shaped...west.Theirdiprangesfrom20Ćøto over60Ćødueto compac- boron-rich hydrothermal solutions duringdeposition of...claystone-limestone-tuff-marl constitutes the top sectionof howlite,probertite, andhydroboracite, with colemanite and |
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Rio Tinto Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA