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


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Tunellite
Formula:SrB6O9(OH)2 · 3H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Ulexite21 photos of Tunellite associated with Ulexite at this locality.
Hydroboracite7 photos of Tunellite associated with Hydroboracite at this locality.
Inderite3 photos of Tunellite associated with Inderite at this locality.
Pararealgar1 photo of Tunellite associated with Pararealgar at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tunellite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:510027
Long-form Identifier:1:3:510027:9
GUID (UUID V4):4999d333-9516-4097-99ef-3e50fa6aa197
Localities for Tunellite in this Region
Rio Tinto Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
Jenifer 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
Nearest other occurrences of Tunellite
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
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Tunellite SrB6 O9 (OH)2 • 3H2 O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic...X-ray Powder Pattern: Furnace Creek district, California, USA. 6.57 (100), 4.525 (11), 3.867 (9), 5.138 (8)...26.95 18.74 Total 100.12 100.00 (1) Boron, California, USA; H2 O by loss on ignition. (2) SrB6 O9...Occurrence: A rare secondary mineral formed in borate deposits. Association: Inderite, kurnakovite,...Distribution: In the USA, in California, from the Kramer borate deposit, Boron, Kern Co.; at the Thompson
Report (issue)
75 13.57 26.15 Total 100.47 100.00 (1) Inder deposit, Kazakhstan. (2) CaMgB6 O8 (OH)6 • 3H2 O. Occurrence:...primary. Association: Colemanite, hydroboracite, tunellite. Distribution: Originally described from an unknown...From the Inder boron deposit, Kazakhstan. At the Niedersachswerfen anhydrite deposit, near Nordhausen...Mountains, Germany. In the USA, from the Thompson mine, near Ryan, in the Terry deposit, and at the Eagle Borax...Inyo Co., in the Kramer borate deposit, Boron, Kern Co., and elsewhere in California. From the Potash
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
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
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
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
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
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
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_____________
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
Journal (issue)
mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ............................101 by E. E.... B. Spaulding R. A. Mason & R. F. Martin , California locality index ...........................................129 by A. R. Kampf & the Southern California Chapter of the Friends of Mineralogy, Locality...e P e g m a t it e s , istrc San Diego D ,California Eugene E. Foord U. S. Geological Survey, M....Louis B. Spaulding, Jr. P. O. Box 807, Ramona, California 92065 Roger A. M ason Dept, of Earth Sciences
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
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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Ireland to the US Gulf Coast, gypsum from Mexico to California, and feldspar from Finland to Malaysia. More...for example, are almost entirely derived from the USA and Tur- key, a situation too narrowly based comfort...Minerals International Congress took place in Boston, USA, in April 1988. 4| a) envi at wererieryre' humus...(4) Serpentinized dolomitic limestone (Arizona, USA; the Transvaal). The Minerals About 95% of world...Africa Amosite Crocidolite Chrysotile Italy Greece USA India Amphibole Swaziland Chrysotile with cigarette
Report (issue)
Professional Paper 525. Numerous Federal, State, county, and municipal agencies listed on pages A221-A225...44 Nevada _______________________________ _ 45 California _____________________________ _ 46 Hawaii __...Nevada and eastern California __________ _ 101 Western Arizona and southeastern California ____________________________...northern California and southern Oregon __ _ Southern Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada of California ____..._________________________ _ Central and sO'uthwestern California _________ _ Alaska _______________________________________
Book (edition)
(Brazil). Malcolm Back (Canada), Henry L. Barwood (USA). Dmitriy Belakovskiy (Russia). Fabio Bellatreccia...(Italy), T.S. Ercit (Canada). Alexander Falster (USA). Jeffrey de Fourestier (Canada). Robert Gault (Canada)...Henderson. Jr. (USA). D.D. Hogarth (Canada). J.L. Jam bor (Canada), Anthony R. Kampf (USA). Pave! M. Kartashov...Karnp-Moller (Denmark). Akira Kato (Japan). Lance E. Keams (USA). Elisabeth Kirchner (Austria), Uwe Kolitsch (Austria)...Republic). Per Nystcn (Sweden), David O'Hanlcy (USA). Filippo Olmi (deccased) (ltaly). Werner H. Paar
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or stability?.92 Sulphur and oxygen isotopes.94 Boron Isotopes 96 Chlorine isotopes 98 Fluid Inclusions...Sabkha Yotvata, Israel.181 Basin and Range playas, USA.182 Salars of South America.187 Ephemeral stream...lakes.238 Great Salt Lake, Utah.239 Mono Lake, California.243 Lake levels and conditions.244 Tufa mound...300 Lacustrine evaporites.301 Eocene Lake Gosuite, USA.304 Oligo-Miocene lake, Calatayud Basin, Spain.306...seals.716 Ordovician Red River Fm., Williston Basin, USA and Canada.716 Platform carbonates with saltern seals
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group uramarsite discovered in the Bota-Burum U deposit, Southern Kazakhstan, was detected by characteristic...rosenhahnite HCa3(HSi3O10) from the Bazhenovskoye deposit, Middle Urals observed in the range 1,700–3,200...given class of minerals: first for borate minerals (with Za ¼ 5 for boron), than for carbides, carbonates...abbreviations are used in this chapter: Mt. mountain Co. county IR infrared D density Dmeas measured density Dcalc...Ca2B4O4(OH)7Cl·7H2O Locality: Salar de Carcote deposit, El Loa province, Antofagasta, Chile. Description:
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long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted...Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's finest ilmenite specimens
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Cisneros: Minerological Research Co., San Jose, California. Andrew M. Clark: Dept. of Mineralogy, Natural...Currier: Jewel Tunnel Imports, Baldwin Park, California. Stanley Dyl: Seaman Mineralogical Museum, Michigan...Canada. Richard C. Erd: U.S.G.S., Menlo Park, California. Howard T. Evans: U.S.G.S., Reston, Virginia...Claren N. (‘‘Si’’) and Ann Frazier: Berkeley, California. Carl Francis: Mineralogical Museum, Harvard...Paris, France. Legrand A. Gould: Pebble Beach, California. George E. Harlow: Dept. of Min. Sci., American
 
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