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Kernite from
Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Kernite
Formula:Na2[B4O6(OH)2] · 3H2O
Comments:Crystals from 2 mm to greater than 1 meter long.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Probertite
Realgar
Smythite
Stibnite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Gerstleyite4 photos of Kernite associated with Gerstleyite at this locality.
Realgar3 photos of Kernite associated with Realgar at this locality.
Tincalconite3 photos of Kernite associated with Tincalconite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kernite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:327675
Long-form Identifier:1:3:327675:4
GUID (UUID V4):eb5dae07-0c76-42ed-a403-d87dd1bea954
Localities for Kernite in this Region
Rio Tinto Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
Baker Mine, Rio Tinto Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
Rio Tinto Borax open pit, Rio Tinto Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
Mudd Mine, West Baker, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Kernite
0.8km (0.5 miles) Rio Tinto Borax open pit, Rio Tinto Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Rio Tinto Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Mudd Mine, West Baker, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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),...22.68 26.37 Total 99.89 100.00 • (1) Kern Co., California, USA. (2) Na2 B4 O6 (OH)2 3H2 O Occurrence:...An important ore mineral of borax in sedimentary borate deposits, deposited under warm conditions or formed...From the Kramer borate deposit, Boron, Kern Co., California, USA. In the Tincalayu borax deposit, Salar
Report (issue)
560(2) c = 6.588(1) X-ray Powder Pattern: Boron, California, USA. 9.12 (100), 2.807 (35), 6.62 (20), 3.52...65 Total [100.00] 100.00 (1) Baker mine, California, USA; average of two analyses, recalculated to 100%...the boron supplied by hydrothermal spring activity; may be an ore of boron. Association: Kernite, colemanite...In the USA, in California, from the Baker, Western Borax, and Suckow mines, Kramer borate deposit, Boron...Boron, Kern Co.; in several mines around Ryan, and at the Eagle Borax Spring, Furnace Creek district, Inyo
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RICHARD C. Eau U.S. ~eologisal Survey, Menlo Park, California 94025 aeon known hyrax borats mineral ~rnbl~~...specimens, we have found that the ~g~~~ant hy~a~d borate mineral a~embl~es can be represented ~o~ve~eutly...considered. We are particularly concerned with the borate deposits of the western United States; deposits...In the ease of a relatively newly * Studies of borate minerak XIII. Survey. 3?ubIioationauthorized by...O,4H,O COf@maniti Prioeite Inyoite Nobleite KRAMER R%ferenceIa M%yerh~e~te Oxids formula 4Ca0*5B
Report (issue)
28 30.92 Total 99.39 100.00 (1) Kramer district, California, USA. (2) Na2 B4 O5 (OH)4 • 3H2 O. Occurrence:...product of other borates. Association: Borax, kernite. Distribution: Probably more widespread than the...localities suggest. In the USA, from the Kramer borate deposit, Boron, Kern Co. and as crystals at Searles...Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California. From the Tincalayu borax deposit, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta...Salta Province, Argentina. In the Kirka borate deposit, Eskiçehir Province, Turkey. At Larderello, Val
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
spectroscopic study of kernite to 25 GPa: Implications for the high-pressure stability of borate polyhedra Marcus...Planetary Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, California 95064, U.S.A. Physical and Life Sciences...Livermore, California 94550, U.S.A. 2 Abstract The Raman and infrared spectra of kernite [Na2B4O6(OH)2·3H2O]...novel mineral that contains mixed coordination borate groups (threefold and fourfold), as well as both...characterized in both the Raman and infrared spectra of kernite, and reassignments of some modes are made based
Report (issue)
regions. Association: Inyoite, ulexite, colemanite, kernite, kurnakovite, trona, aphthitalite, glauberite,...hanksite, halite, gypsum. Distribution: An ore of boron in some deposits, with numerous minor occurrences... In the Kirka borate deposit, Kütahya Province, Turkey. From the Inder borate deposit, Kazakhstan. In...Blanca deposit, eight km southwest of Coranzulı́, Jujuy Province; in the Tincalayu borax deposit, Salar...del Hombre Muerto, Salta Province. In the USA, in California, commercial deposits at Borax Lake, Lake
Report (issue)
Areal .Geology of the ,,. Western Mojave Desert California .. GEOLOGICAL b SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER... Areal Geology of the Western· Moj.ave Desert California By TI-IOMAS W. DIBBLEE, ]R. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY... AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT CALIFORNIA .,. Aerial view looking nol'thwest o,·er the...Formation ______________________ _ Castle Butte, Boron, and Kramer Hills areas __ _ Unnamed lower part of Tropico...occurrences of borate minerals_ Discovery and mining of borate minerals___ _ __ Geology of known borate deposits_____________
Report (issue)
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BORATE DEPOSITS by G.J. Orris l Open-File Report 95-842...INTRODUCTION REFERENCES TABLES Table 1. Borate deposits. Table 2. Deposit type codes. Table 3. Production codes...- 1 42 2 41 41 INTRODUCTION The data on the borate deposits listed in this report were collected from...lists known borate deposits sorted by country and then site name. Data listed for each deposit includes...springs, whether or not the deposit crops out at the surface, and if the deposit is known to have produced
Report (issue)
Industrial Mineral Deposit Models-Descriptive models for three lacustrine deposit types by G.J. Orris...descriptive deposit models to accompany Open-File Reports OF91-11, "Some industrial mineral deposit models:...Descriptive deposit models" (Orris and Bliss, 1991), and OF92-437, "Industrial minerals deposit models: Grade...lacustrine deposit types associated with stratified lakes and (or) evaporative conditions. These deposit types..., 1991, Some industrial mineral deposit models: descriptive deposit models: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chemistry of kurnakovite from Kramer Deposit (Kern County, California), ideally MgB3O3(OH)5·5H2O, were...2O, is a complex hydrous borate mineral found as a common constituent of borate deposits, along with borax...borates represent the most important source of boron, which is an important geochemical marker for petrogenetic...harmful radiations. Approximately 20% of natural boron is 10B, which shows a high capacity to absorb thermal...extend our investigation to kurnakovite, a Na-free borate with B2O3 ≈ 37 wt%, starting with a careful crystal-chemical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
conditions indicated in Fig. 3. Solid-Gas Reactions in Borate Deposits Christ and Garrels (1959) have investigated...the Kramer borate deposit near Boron, California. The three borates of interest in this deposit are borax...borax, tincalconite, and kernite having formulas of Na2B405(OHk8 H 20, Na2B404(OHk3 H 20, and Na2B406(OH)2·3...observed that borax can be associated with either kernite or tincalconite; it was deduced that all three...temperature and low relative humidity and that kernite is stable only at higher temperature and pressure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pp. 1179-1204 (2004) ZONING IN THE KIRKA BORATE DEPOSIT, WESTERN TURKEY: PRIMARY EVAPORITIC FRACTIONATION...E-08028 Barcelona, Spain ABSTRACT The Kırka borate deposit (Miocene), in western Turkey, the most important...of: a central body of Na borate (borax), an intermediate zone of Na–Ca borate (ulexite), and a marginal...marginal zone of Ca borate (colemanite). This mineral zonation is also developed in a vertical sense, although...asymmetrical because of the presence of a discontinuous Mg borate horizon overlying the central body of borax. The
Book
MINERALS OF CALIFORNlA 299" 257889 PEMBERTON' HOFE CALIFORNIA MINERALS 2995 SEP 1933 OINCO Digitized by...org/details/mineralsofcalifo00pemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA - MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl Pemberton ~ VAN NOSTRAND...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: centennial volume, 1866-1966...index. 1. Mineralogy - California. 2. Mines and mineral resources - California. I. MUidoch, J oseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. 11. Title. QE375.C32P45 549.9794 81-15963 ISBN 0-442-274882 AACR2 Preface
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WARREN T. HANNUM, Director DIVISION OF MINES...State Mineralogist JANUARY Vol. 42 1946 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...STATE MINERALOGISTS REPORT XL1I printed in California state printing office B4257 'DAVIS 1 DIVISION...Geology of Santa Rosa Mountain Area, Riverside County, California, by Lawrence B. Wright Geology and Nickel...Diego 15 County, California, by S. C. Creasey Tin Deposits of the Gorman District, Kern County, California
Book
7 257989 R q549 PEMBERTON, H.E MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA P 2995 IpSl q 49 f 07. 257889 ^ pe B T...org/details/mineralsofcalifoOOpemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl r i L ] Pemberton ...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: 1866-1966 / by Joseph Murdoch...Includes index. 1. Mineralogy -California. 2. Mines and mineral resources- California. I. Murdoch, Joseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. II. Title. centennial volume, QE375.C32P45 ISBN 0-442-27488 2 549.9794
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
3.809 ARSENIC INCORPORATION IN COLEMANITE FROM BORATE DEPOSITS: DATA FROM ICP–MS, m-SXRF, XAFS AND EPR... Canada Abstract World-class borate deposits in Turkey and California contain elevated concentrations...suppliers of water, but also the commercial exports of boron products. Most previous studies and remediation...remediation efforts of arsenic contamination in borate deposits have focused on sulfarsenides. Inductively coupled...(m-SXRF) mapping reveal that colemanite, a major borate ore mineral, contains up to 125 ppm arsenic. Arsenic
Book (volume)
Louisiana . 70 85 Geology of the I. M. C. Potash Deposit, Esterhazy, Saskatchewan . 95 Petr ofabric Analysis...Borates of Kramer, California. . . . Stratigraphic and Structural Evolution of the Kramer Sodium Borate Ore...Ore Body, Boron, California . . . . . . . . . 102 122 Complex Salts and Brines of the Paradox Basin ....Canada Salt Deposits 276 Recent South American Borate Deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paleolimnology...University of Arizona, Tucson Thomas A. Gerrard The California Company New Orleans, Louisiana ABSTRACT The
Report (volume)
REVIEWS in MINERALOGY Volume 33 BORON MINERALOGY, PETROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY E.S. Grew | & L. M...nse_g9a2 REVIEWS in MINERALOGY Volume 33 BORON MINERALOGY, PETROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY Edited by...SHORT COURSE NOTES ) ISSN 0275-0279 Volume 33 BORON: Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry ISBN 0-939950-41-3...STREET, NW, SUITE 601 WASHINGTON, DC 20036 U.S.A. BORON: MINERALOGY, PETROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY FOREWORD...1996 COVER: The cover illustrates the entry for boron in the Periodic Table. From upper left to right
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Report (volume)
BORON MINERALOGY, PETROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY Second Printing with corrections and additions Edited by...SHORT COURSE NOTES ) ISSN 0275-0279 Volume 33 BORON: Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry ISBN 0-939950-41-3...SUITE 6 0 1 WASHINGTON, D C 2 0 0 3 6 U . S . A . BORON: MINERALOGY, PETROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY FOREWORD...2002 COVER: The cover illustrates the entry for boron in the Periodic Table. From upper left to right...a close match to the diagnostic flame color for boron obtained when a mixture of boric acid and methanol
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Report (issue)
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Bulletin 176 of the California Division of Mines, Mineral Commodities of California. The present book...Belgian Congo, the borax deposits beneath the California desert, and the asbestos district of eastern...metal that he uses came from a low-grade porphyry deposit, a system of veins and lodes, or some other source;...the fact that little gravel is shipped from county to county, still less from state to state, and none...this book exploration is the act of examining a deposit when found, with the object of appraising its size
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