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Nahcolite from
Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

Description
Comments:Occurs in large amounts in various horizons in the lake bed.
Quality of samples:not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Foshag, William Frederick (1940), Sodium bicarbonate (nahcolite) from Searles Lake, California: American Mineralogist: 25: 769; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 207; 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: 135.
Associated minerals:
Associates:Borax
Burkeite
Gaylussite
Halite
Northupite
Thenardite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Nahcolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
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