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Greigite from
Boron, Kern County, California, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Greigite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+S4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Greigite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Boron, Kern County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:135900
Long-form Identifier:1:3:135900:8
GUID (UUID V4):82733bfc-6d0e-4692-ab7d-4ff212450068
Localities for Greigite in this Region
Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
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 Greigite
4.6km (2.8 miles) Mudd Mine, West Baker, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
6.5km (4.0 miles) Rio Tinto Borax open pit, Rio Tinto Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
6.5km (4.0 miles) Rio Tinto Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SODIC CLAY -ZEOLITE ASSEMBLAGE IN BASALT AT BORON, CALIFORNIA' WILLIAM S. WISE 2 AND WALLACE D. KLECK3...University of California Santa Barbra, California 93106 3 Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California 92626...exposed by the U.S. Borax open pit at Boron, Kern County, California. Analcime and saponite are widespread...gmelinite, clinoptilolite, herschelite, analcime, greigite, rhodochrosite, searlesite, borax, calcite, and...heulandite on clinoptilolite. Key Words-Analcime, Boron, Cation exchange, Clinoptilolite, Gmelinite, Heulandite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THn AUERTcANM rxERALocrsr JOURNAI Vol. 49 GREIGITE, OF THE MINERALOGICAL MAY-JUNE, THE THIO-SPINEL...GeologicalSurvey, Washington 25, D. C. Aesrnec:t Greigite, !'e3S4,occurs as tiny grains and crystals in...Kramer-Four Corners area, San Bernardino County, California. Greigite is cubic, a:9.876+0.002 i+ at 25o C...4 9 2 A ( 3 1 . 5 ) a n d 1 . 0 0 8A ( 3 1 ) . Greigite is strongly magneticl responding like magnetite...ere refined to a reliabilitl' factor of 9.9%. Greigite is the iron member of the thiospinels, represented
Report (issue)
Fe2+ Fe3+ 2 S4 Greigite c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Cubic. Point Group:...Powder Pattern: Kramer-Four Corners area, California, USA. 2.980 (100), 1.746 (77), 2.470 (55), 3.498...colemanite, veatchite (Kramer-Four Corners area, California, USA); sphalerite, pyrite, marcasite, galena, calcite...(Zacatecas, Mexico). Distribution: In the USA, in California, from the Kramer-Four Corners area, San Bernardino...west, in the Mudd mine, Kramer borate district, Boron, Kern Co.; and at Coyote Peak, near Orick, Humboldt
Report (issue)
Z=3 X-ray Powder Pattern: Bloomington, Indiana, USA. 1.732 (100), 1.897 (80), 1.979 (70), 11.5 (60),...Total 98.94 99.27 100.00 (1) Bloomington, Indiana, USA; by electron microprobe, average of seven analyses;...also in hydrothermal veins. Association: Pyrite, greigite, mackinawite, pyrrhotite, marcasite, magnetite...galena, chalcopyrite, calcite. Distribution: In the USA, in Monroe Co., Indiana, from a road cut about 3...Unionville; at the Kramer borate deposit, Boron, Kern Co., California; and from near Helena, Lewis and Clark
Report (issue)
X-ray Powder Pattern: Mackinaw mine, Washington, USA. 5.03 (100), 2.31 (90), 1.809 (80), 2.96 (70), 1...100.1 100.5 100.0 (1) Mackinaw mine, Washington, USA; by electron microprobe, corresponding to (Fe1.06...Chalcopyrite, cubanite, pentlandite, pyrrhotite, greigite, maucherite, troilite. Distribution: Now known...localities in addition to those listed here. In the USA, at the Mackinaw mine, Snohomish Co., Washington...Howard Co., Maryland; in California, from the Kramer borate deposit, Boron, Kern Co. In Canada, in the Muskox
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chemistry of kurnakovite from Kramer Deposit (Kern County, California), ideally MgB3O3(OH)5·5H2O, were investigated...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...Kramer Deposit, Mohave desert, Kern County, California. In 1913, this boron deposit was accidentally discovered...been poured out and to be indirectly the source of boron, which was derived from the hot springs and solfataras
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
redefined does zr,odhave a polymorphic relationship to greigite. Most smythite occurs as a low-temperature oxidation...Peninsula,U.S.S.R.(Chukrov ef al., 1965); Boron, California.(Morgan and Erd, 1969); Cobalt, Ontario (Taylor...without exception,as well as smythite from Boron, California, (R. C. Erd, pers. comm., 1969), the composition...having preferredorientations. 5) Smythite and greigite (FegS+)ayenot polymorphs.In fact, smythite may...(1969) Minerals of the Kramer borate district, California, Part 2. Mineral Inlorm. Seru., Calif . Diu.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
R., and Morgan and Erd (1969) reported it from Boron, California.The presentstudy is concernedwith a...1969) informed me that the smythite from Boron, California, also has a composition of approximately FeeS1...the mineral greigite (Skinner et al., 1964), but a polymorphic relationship between greigite and smythite...Kullerud (1970) concluded that if smythite and greigite were polymorphs, smythite should be the higher...Eno'(i969) Minerals of the Kramer borate district, California. Part2. Mineral In.form. Sert. (Cali'f. Dit:
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
IvaNov, A. A., axo Ya. Ya. Yanzneusrrr (1954) Boron manifestations in the saline strata of the Leno-Angar...VOL 53, NOVEMBER,DECEMBER, MORE DATA 1968 ON GREIGITE SrpNBy A. Wrr.rraus, Phelps DodgeCorporalion...Arizona. It seemslikely that many more occurrencesof greigite (FeaS+)will be found until the speciesis quite...cubic in habit is followed by marcasite and then greigite. The early pyrite is associated with sphalerite...dolomite during the crystallization of marcasite. Greigite coats and embal's both pyrite and marcasite; it
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pre-proofs Arsenic sequestration in pyrite and greigite in the buried peat of As-contaminated aquifers...Norra, S., Arsenic sequestration in pyrite and greigite in the buried peat of As-contaminated aquifers...reserved. Arsenic sequestration in pyrite and greigite in the buried peat of As-contaminated aquifers...the peat sediments. Pyrite (FeS2) and metastable greigite (Fe3S4) persisted in peat as end-members of S...provided the ideal micro-environments for pyrite and greigite nucleation. Pyrite formation most likely occurred
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and impede transformation reactions to pyrite. Greigite (Fe3S4) accounts for N80% of total reduced sulfur...associated with reduced sulfur in the form of greigite. However, pyrite can only account for a small...Elsevier B.V. Keywords: Arsenic; Iron; Pyrite; Greigite; Anoxic sediments; Contaminated sediments; Gr...acid-volatile iron monosulfides (mackinawite and greigite) and pyrite. Arsenic adsorption on the surfaces... realgar, and orpiment were diluted with inert boron nitride so that the resulting bulk arsenic concentration
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
not obtained in our calculated formula due to the boron content deviating from .5.000. The calculated specific... IvaNov, A. A., axo Ya. Ya. Yanzneusrrr (1954) Boron manifestations in the saline strata of the Leno-Angar...VOL 53, NOVEMBER,DECEMBER, MORE DATA 1968 ON GREIGITE SrpNBy A. Wrr.rraus, Phelps DodgeCorporalion...Arizona. It seemslikely that many more occurrencesof greigite (FeaS+)will be found until the speciesis quite...cubic in habit is followed by marcasite and then greigite. The early pyrite is associated with sphalerite
Journal (issue)
talking on "Recent Rare Mineral Finds at Southern California and Nevada Mines". Bob is an active member of...of the Mineralogical Society of Southern California, and does research on his minerals using SEM and x-ray...biology from California State University, Long Beach. In 1968 he moved to Riverside, California and soon...column for the Mineralogical Society of Southern California (MSSC) Bulletin (1978), was MSSC president (1987-1988)...ofMineralogy (FM) Southern California (1989). Fred later moved to central California, to a heautifullocality
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
magnetic responsive magnetite [Fe2+ Fe3+ 2 O− 4 ] or greigite [Fe2+ Fe3+ 2 S− 4 ] nanoparticles [8]. MTB metabolites...crystals composed of magnetite (Fe3 O4 ) and/or greigite (Fe3 S4 ) that are encapsulated in protein-rich...with iron accumulation. However, biomineralized greigite. However, its biomechanism has not been elucidated...only one MTB in axenic culture biomineralized greigite. However, its biomechanism has not been elucidated...consists exclusively of magnetite (Fe3 O4 ) or greigite (Fe3 S4 ) nanocrystals coated by a lipid membrane
Catalog/List
scattered in Granite. (Fountain Q{iarry, Fountain, Pitt County, North Garolina, U.S.A) 1x1 i4.80 1x2 i9.60 2x2...Sinter. (See Min Rec (Steamboat Springs, Washoe County, Nevada., U.S.A) C11 CELESTITE rich orange crystalline...50 coppery c0lourcd pieces . (Kewaenaw Peninsula USA) c14 NATIVECOPPER, attractive 1x2 ins t5 in Obsidian... .. c19 DEVILLINE, light blue micro crystals County Galway, S.Ireland) ½x; t3.50 in cavity c20 DIGENITE...matrix cf Qµartz. (Heson Hine, Buckskin Mts, La Paz County 1x2 ins ta.oo 1x1 .C4 1x½ f.2.50 ., green to Arizona)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pathways during the oxidative transformation of greigite, Fe3S4 Ellen M. Moona,⁎, Richard T. Busha,1, Dakota...T Keywords: Greigite XAS Oxidation Acid sulfate soil The iron sulfide mineral greigite, Fe3S4, has previously...distinct from that of pyrite. The persistence of greigite is important for the stability of the remediated...remediated landscape, but the response of greigite to periods of oxygenation (for example, during a neap tide)...from the oxidative disintegration of synthetic greigite under physiochemical solution conditions consistent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
I/ ] 2/ / / Fig. i. Map of Indiana showing County and Chinook Mine Clay and origin of sulfides...sulfides in Coal III at the Chinook Mine, Clay County, Indiana (Fig. i). GEOLOGICAL SETTING The coal beds...mine is located in the northwest portion of Clay County, Indiana. Coal III, which contains 3-5% sulfur...of elemental sulfur undergoes sulfurization to greigite Fe s S 4 and finally to pyrite. A spherical texture...forms when iron monosu!fide is transformed to greigite and is later modified to the frarnboidal texture
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rocks coefficients G.E. Duming Mount HaIDilton, California [Am. erratur 47L 346 C o o P E R ,w . F ....glaserite Chenistry, phase nelanophlogite frorn California [An. MLneraL. 57:L494]: erratum Na2S04-K2S04-K2CrO4-Na2CrO4... F . C o o p e r , J r . Melanophlogite from California [.42. MLneraL. 57:1494f: erratun Eclogite, continued...reviewed by of tuffs L42 in Green River 93 of boron 765 of berylliun 765 The GeoLogg of Donegal:...THOMAS Therrnal decomposition of dawsonite 548 Greigite thin crystal 926 G R I F F I N ,W . L . , w
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Phyllosilicates in Geothermally Altered Shales, Salton Sea, California 1 BEAUFORT, D. (with P. DUDOIGNONand A. MEUNIER)...I. S. E. Carmichael and H. P. Eugster, eds. 190 Boron -rich solutons, reaction with zeolites in basalt...Smectite in An Entisol at Red Rock Canyon, Kern County, California 425 BOYD, S. A. (with SUN SHAOBAI,J.-F...Smectite in an Entisol at Red Rock Canyon, Kern County, California, by D. A. Reid, R. C. Graham, S. B. Edinger...Smectite in an Entisol at Red Rock Canyon, Kern County, California 425 EDX (see Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Gorda Ridge o¡-coast of Oregon and northern California is o¡set by the transcurrent fault systems of...Micromag 2900 (Princeton Measurements Corporation, USA; noise level V10311 Am2 ). Maximum ¢elds used were...34 K suggesting pyrrhotite [22]. Maghemite and greigite show £at SIRM cooling curves incompatible with...explanations of the thermomagnetic behavior displayed by greigite or maghemite are not compatible with our observations...P. Roberts, Magnetic properties of sedimentary greigite (Fe3 S4 ), Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 134 (1995)
Report (issue)
and tetragonal FeS_ ____________ Melnikovite and greigite __ _________________ Classification and facie...lepidocrocite, maghemite, the tetragonal iron sulfide, greigite, smythite, and pyrrhotite. By custom, the noncherty... analyst (Jakob, 1927). D. Stilpnomelane. Iron County, Michigan (Ayres, 1940). V. L. Ayres and B. Park...(1964) have isolated and defined the new mineral greigite (Fe3S4) that appears to be the main component...hydrotroilite and tetragonal FeS and melnikovite and greigite are therefore discussed separately under these
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
groundwater and sediments of Owens Dry Lake, California Ji-hun Ryu a, Robert A. Zierenberg b, Randy A...University of California, Davis, CA 95616, United States b Department of Geology, University of California, Davis...FeS0.92) Y mackinawite (FeS0.93 to FeS0.96) Y greigite (Fe3S4) Y pyrite (FeS2) (Ward, 1970; Sweeney and...terminus of the Owens River located in central California (368 30V N, 1188 00V W; Fig. 1). The lake became...other species (e.g., boron) using SOLMINEQ.88 (Kharaka et al., 1988). The boron concentration was measured
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, MS 69, Menlo Park, California 94025, U.S.A. 1 Abstract As iron sulfide mineral...occur as primary iron sulfides (e.g., mackinawite, greigite, or the aqueous FeS cluster, FeSaq) are transformed...or precipitated FeS phase, such as mackinawite, greigite, or an aqueous or nanoparticulate FeS cluster...through oxidation of FeS solids (mackinawite or greigite) with S0 (Berner 1970; Sweeney 1972; Schoonen...2009; Morgan et al. 2012a; Kraal et al. 2013) and greigite (Keene et al. 2011) in the environment, justifying
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
use only. u.s. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California INTRODUCTION Numerous reports issued by many...weathering of granitic rock in the Sierra Nevada of California and Nevada, Feth, Roberson & Polzer (54) conclude...selected mineral and thermal waters of the Northern California Coast Ranges, where concentrations range from...discovery of the Salton Sea brine near Niland, California, intensive work has documented more surprising...goethite-amorphous limonite facies with pyrite. Pyrrhotite and greigite are found associated with goethite in some localities
 
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