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Tunellite from
Boraxo Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Tunellite
Formula:SrB6O9(OH)2 · 3H2O
Comments:Small, well-formed crystals.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Colemanite
Hydroboracite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tunellite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Boraxo Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:626011
Long-form Identifier:1:3:626011:8
GUID (UUID V4):bfabbf1c-2916-4a9e-8422-4604bee0ab08
Nearest other occurrences of Tunellite
19.9km (12.3 miles) Furnace Creek, Inyo County, California, USA
References
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Report (issue)
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BORATE DEPOSITS by G.J. Orris l Open-File Report 95-842...CONTENTS INTRODUCTION REFERENCES TABLES Table 1. Borate deposits. Table 2. Deposit type codes. Table 3...- 1 42 2 41 41 INTRODUCTION The data on the borate deposits listed in this report were collected from...limited published reports. Table 1 lists known borate deposits sorted by country and then site name....and 3, respectively. Arituzar Mine Calichar Caftuelas Daniel Mine San Marcos Volcanclto Salar Centenario
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Library] at 07:06 06 January 2015 Even though California is known as the “Golden State, ” it could also...the Tourmaline State, or the Colemanite State. California is, in fact, one of the world’s greatest sources...localities, the reader is encouraged to consult the “California Locality Index” (Kampf et al. 1989). The bibliography...great deal from the many publications of the California Division of Mines and Geology. The most valuable...mines in California is the Consolidated Index of Publications, Division of Mines and State Mining Bureau
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western Turkey containing significant amounts of borate minerals, mainly colemanite. The petrologic study...borates (colemanite, ulexite, hydroboracite, tunellite, kaliborite and aristarainite), and sulfides (arsenopyrite...accumulates in basaltic magmas, thus mostly all large borate deposits were formed in arid intermontane depressions...precipitation of Ca-, Ca/Na-, Na-, and Mg-bearing borate salts. In this context, the precipitation of borates...parageneses are not common. Only a few cases of borate-sulfate associations in lacustrine formations have
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of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ..................... 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
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appointment Tourmaline Tourmaline Queen Mine Pala, California NEW ACQUISITIONS: AZURITE - Mibladen, Morocco...for writ­ ing and research on the minerals of California, has been a vital force in FM since its inception...to m eeting tax obliga­ tions in the State of California, under whose laws FM is incorporated. (5) H.... Earl P em berton, of Santa M onica, California, was asked to serve as FM Parliam entarian. The president...UNLIMITED D ept. M R P. O. Box 877 Ridgecrest, California 93555 57 Neal Yedlin, 129 Englewood Drive
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353-416 257-320 321-384 225-288 137-224 CALIFORNIA ] 273-336 ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73
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Minette of the U.S. Borax operation at Boron, California. Both Fred Divoto and Ruth Kirkby, dedicated...provide an account of his experiences in the Sterling mine. Don Newsome, first president of the Fluorescent...31 Some Early Day Collecting / 32 In the Sterling Mine / 40 Building a Collection / 52 Preparation and...Balmat-Edwards District, New York / 84 The Colorado Plateau / 87 Evaporite Minerals / 90 Borate Deposits /...employed at Franklin for exploration within the mine and was kept handy to the sorting table to aid in
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Minette of the U.S. Borax operation at Boron, California. Both Fred Divoto and Ruth Kirkby, dedicated...provide an account of his experiences in the Sterling mine. Don Newsome, first president of the Fluorescent... Some Early Day Collecting / 32 In the Sterling Mine / 40 Building a Collection / 52 Preparation and...Balmat-Edwards District, New York / 84 The Colorado Plateau / 87 Evaporite Minerals / 90 Borate Deposits /...employed at Franklin for exploration within the mine and was kept handy to the sorting table to aid in
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themselves in the minerals of a single mine or mineral district, one or several particular mineral species...to explore for fluorescing minerals. The field—mine, mine dump, or quarry—can be richly rewarding in its...produced under ultraviolet light. Deserts were combed, mine dumps searched, and shelves filled with showy fluorescent...New York; and Howard Brown of Lucerne Valley, California. Emanuel Fritch of the Gemological Institute...fluorescent blue of benitoite from San Benito County, California; the lemon yellow of esperite from Franklin
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themselves in the minerals of a single mine or mineral district, one or several particular mineral species...explore for fluorescing minerals. The field—mine, mine dump, or quarry—can be richly rewarding in ...produced under ultraviolet light. Deserts were combed, mine dumps searched, and shelves filled with showy fluorescent...New York; and Howard Brown of Lucerne Valley, California. Emanuel Fritch of the Gemological Institute...fluorescent blue of benitoite from San Benito County, California; the lemon yellow of esperite from Franklin
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Adelaide University conventional and solution mining has not, to my knowledge, for allowing the use...Thematic Mapper storage receptacles via solution mining (Chapter 12). Chapter Mosaics site (https://zulu...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
 
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