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Niter from
Cochabamba, Bolivia


Locality type:Department
Classification
Species:Niter
Formula:KNO3
Comments:Occurs in playa deposits in the department.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Niter data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cochabamba, Bolivia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:481224
Long-form Identifier:1:3:481224:1
GUID (UUID V4):2bce02bd-de13-46b3-8afe-bb3b903840df
References
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Book
295 Colombia, 296 The nitrate deposits of Cochabamba, Bolivia, 296 Nitrated deposits in the United States...Lazulite, 354 Apatite, Phosphorites, 354 Nitrates, 354 Niter, 354 Fluorides, 354 Borates, 355 Colemanite, 355...Sylvite NaCl KC1 CaS0 4 Anhydrite Thenardite Soda Niter 3 Hemi-hydrates are also known, such as the common...-nitrates: Bengal saltpeter or potash niter Chile saltpeter or soda niter Nitrobarite (Ba(NO 3 ) 2 ). Nitrocalcite...Occ. Tyrol, Bohemia, Vesuvius, Hungary, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, New South Wales, Canary Islands, Smoky
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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cleavage surface of calcite. The atoms in soda-niter are arranged in the same way as calcite, with similar...glass plate, small rhombohedral crystals of soda-niter will grow on the calcite in perfect parallel alignment...Silky tufts of needlelike crystals; cooling taste NITER 125 COLORLESS; WHITE; LIGHT GRAY; PALE TINTS...Vitreous White l½-2 Crusts; cooling taste SODA NITER Vitreous White 2 Bitter, salty taste; cubic...1.98 2.0-2.3 Sepiolite Opal Sulfur Copiapite Niter Chrysocolla Bauxite Chabazite Graphite Stilbite
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the lava; also on Etna, Sicily. With halite, soda niter, and various sulfates in the nitrate deposits of... Argentina, at Potosi and other localities in Bolivia, and in Peru. In Mexico found in Zacatecas and... nO Bismoclite (artif. BiOCl) Daubreeite (Bolivia) ^ ' 2.15 1.91 Uniaxial negative ( — ). ...admixed with clay at the Constancia mine, Tazna, Bolivia. A r t i f.^ Bismoclite is obtained in minute crystals...Choand the Morro Velho mine, Minas Geraes, in Bolivia, In large cleavable masses with cryolite at Ivigtut
Book (edition)
Brazil, H Page 2: Vivianite, I 00 mm, Huanzala, Bolivia, H Page 3: Liddicoatite, polished, 70 mm, Anjanabonoina...from the El Dragon mine, both Potosi dept., both Bolivia. CM 12, 304-307, 1974. Aikinite CuPbBiS 3 (2.H...Huanuni, Oruro dept., at Tazna, Potosi dept., both Bolivia, also from Ashburton Downs,~ 380 km SSW of Port...Russia, H Ahcylite, xx 2 111111,H11a111111i, Bolivia, H Acicular crystals to several cm on prehnite...crystals to 3 mm m the Potosf dist. Potosfdept., both Bolivia. In thin tabular crystals at Baia Sprie, Transylvania
Book (edition)
urneaure for the rich tin shoots of Llallagua, Bolivia (Chap. 13). This type of shoot occurs particularly...earth," namely B utte, J\1ontana, and P otosi, Bolivia , are fissure vein deposits. A brief list of important...Examples Pachuca, Guanajuato, Mexico; Potosi, Bolivia; Cobalt, Ontario; Tintic, Utah. San Juan, Colo...Spain. Butte, Mont.; Sardinia. Llallagua, Huanani, Bolivia; Cornwall, England; Erzgebirge, Germany. H unan...in the trade as salt cake, Glauber's salt, and niter cake. The deposition of sodiun1 ulphate generally
Book
blue-green. Mira Flores mine, Huanuni dist., Oruro, Bolivia. H=?, Djj4= 2.85, D(;= 2.89, VHD 08. Foord & Taggart...Vitreous brownish-pink, red. Colquechaca, Potosi, Bolivia. H= 2-2.5, Djjj= 3.37, D(.= 3.51, VIG 01. Herzenberg...greenish, yellowish, etc. Marmato, Andes Mts., Bolivia. H= 5-6, Djjj= 2.68, D(.= 2.68, VIIIF 03. Abich...Metallic grey; white in reflected light. Oruro, Bolivia. H= 3.5, Din= 5.35, 0^= 5.413, IID 09b. Krenner...reflected light. Animas mine, Chocoya, PotosI, Bolivia. H= 2.5, Djjj= 5.60, D(.= 5.69, HD 07. . Spencer
Book (edition)
Pachuca, Guanajuato, Mexico; Potosi, Huanchaca, Bolivia; Cobalt, Ontario; Silver-lead Tintic, Utah San...Sardinia Llallagua, Huanani, Oruro, Przibram, Bolivia; Austria; Cornwall, Przibram, Linares, England;...Boulder County, Colo.; Iviangsi, China; Chicote, Bolivia Tungsten Illinois-Kentucky region Fluorspar Barite...hills on earth,’ namely Butte, Mont., and Potosi, Bolivia, are mostly fissure vein deposits. A brief list...Slocan, British Columbia; and tin-tungsten veins in Bolivia. HYDROTHERMAL PROCESSES 125 Stockworks yield
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Copiapo and Atacama, Chile Llallagua, Potosi, Bolivia M inas Gerais, Brazil U SA and Canada Arizona...Russia; Namibia; Broken Hill {NSW), Australia; Bolivia; Chile; New Mexico; Keweenaw, Michigan; Arizona...(Queensland), Australia; San Baldomero, Tasna, Bolivia; South Dakota; Colorado; California Caution: Bismuth...(Bohemia), Czech Republic; Lavrion, Greece; Potosi. Bolivia; Silver Standard mine, British Columbia; Paterson...Africa; · , Cerro de Pasco, Peru; Chihuahua, Mexico; Bolivia; French Creek, Pennsylvania; Illinois; Missouri;
Report (volume)
such as sylvine, kainite, carnallite, and Chilean niter. In one sample of kelp he found 22 grains of gold.......................................NaCl. Soda niter.......................................NaN03 . Searlesite...considered in connection with the presence of soda niter also. To this point we shall recur later. It is...so, also exists in South America, where the soda niter of the Tarapaca and Atacama deserts is accompanied...thenardite, glauberite, soda alum, anhydrite, soda niter, and borax to the list of species. The salines themselves
Report (volume)
such as sylvine, kainite, carnallite, and Chilean niter. In one sample of kelp he found 22 grains of gold..................................... .NaCl. Soda niter. ................................... .NaNCv Sulphur...considered in connection with the presence of soda niter also. To this point we shall recur later. It is...so, also exists in South America, where the soda niter of the Tarapaca and Atacama deserts is accompanied...thenardite, glauberite, soda alum, anhydrite, soda niter, and borax to the list of species. The salines themselves
Book (edition)
ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico; (center) vivianite, Bolivia; (center, right) topaz, Thomas Mountains, Utah;...district. It is also found in Canada; Mexico; Bolivia; Czechoslovakia; Norway; Germany; Tsumeb; Namibia;...on the eastern slope of the Central Cordillera, Bolivia. SELECTED REFERENCES: Aristarain, L. F.; and Hurlbut...sulfides, and sulfosalts at Oruro and elsewhere in Bolivia; at Felsobanya, Romania; and at localities in France...and pyrite at the Animas mine, Chocoya, Potosi, Bolivia, and at the Pirquitas deposit, northeast Argentina
Book (edition)
amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico; ( center) vivianite, Bolivia; ( center, right) topaz, Thomas Mountains, Utah;...district. It is also found in Canada; Mexico; Bolivia; Czechoslovakia; Norway; Germany; Tsumeb; Namibia;...on the eastern slope of the Central Cordillera, Bolivia. SELECTED REFERENCES: Aristarain, L. F., and Hurlbut...and sulfosalts at Oruro and ...... elsewhere in Bolivia; at Felsobanya, Romania; and at localities in France...among others, at localities in Honduras, Chile, Bolivia, England, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Sardinia, and
Book
Burma, New South Wales and Tasmania, Nigeria, Bolivia, Tanzania, and Sn0 2 sometimes Ta and Nb , Uganda... Tungsten Wolframite (Fe,Mn)W0 4 Malaysia, Bolivia, and Alluvial deposits de- Nigeria rived from...comparison. 7.967 7.15 6.09 5.06 5.41 • KN0 Niter b P o (g/cm a 5.740 17.061 16.298 15.664 15.373...identified. Nitrate minerals, either nitrocalcite, niter or nitratine occur in the Soils of dry caves where...sulfate minerals. The extraction of cave saltpeter {niter) for the manufacture of gun powder was an important
Book
C. Rouse) 5:280-287 BOLIVIA The mineralogy of the department of Oruro, Bolivia (by R. B. Cook, Jr.)...Colquiri, Inquisivi province, department of La Paz, Bolivia (by R. B. Cook, Jr.) 6:278-281 Morphology and occurrence...from Llallagua, Bolivia (by A. R. Kampf) 13:235-239 The El Drag6n mine, Potosf, Bolivia (by G. Grundmann...Colquiri, Inquisivi province, depanment of La Paz, Bolivia (by R. B. Cook, Jr.) 6:278-281 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY...16:443-458 The mineralogy of the department of Oruro, Bolivia 6:125-137 M01phologyand occurrence of Bolivian
Book (edition)
northern Chile and scattered localities in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador; Morro Velho mine, Nova Lima, MG,...Peru; Potosi(*), Oruro(*), and other localities in Bolivia; Copiapo, Huantaya(*), Chanarcillo(*), and Chanca...Coquimbo, and Chuquicamata, Chile; Corocoro(*), Bolivia. Alteration: Alteration of native copper first...Broken Hill, NSW, Australia; Huasco, La Paz, Bolivia. BM DI:132, R:373, P&J:69, Atacama, ABI:16, ...Llallagua, Tazna(*), Colquechaca(*), and Potosi(*), Bolivia; Bogueiraa(*), Parelhas, RN, Brazil. BM DI:134
Book (volume)
Ni)(CO3)2(OH)2 Locality: Mina el Dragon, Potosi, Bolivia. Description: Green massive. Wavenumbers (cm1):...1063, 997, 832, 733w, 640, 625, 619, 484, 462. N6 Niter K(NO3) Locality: Bakla Mt, near Skalistoe village...Calacalani mine, Cercado province, Oruro department, Bolivia. Description: Yellow massive from the association...Locality: Cerro Sapo area, Ayopaya province, Cochabamba province, Bolivia. Description: Light grey crystals from...O Locality: Diesse quarry, Cerro Sapo, Cochabamba, Bolivia. Description: White split crystals from carbonatite
Report (volume)
such as sylvine, kainite, carnallite, and Chilean niter. In one sample of kelp he found 22 grains of gold..................................-.--..Nad. Soda niter .................................. .NaN03. Searlesite...considered in connection with the, presence of soda niter also. To this point we shall recur later. It is...so, also exists in South America, where the soda niter of the Tarapaca and Atacama deserts is accompanied...thenardite, glauberite, soda alum, anhydrite, soda niter, and borax to the list of species. The salines themselves
Report (volume)
such as sylvine, kainite, carnallite, and Chilean niter. In one sample of kelp he found 22 grains of gold..................................... .NaCl. Soda niter .................................. .NaN03. Searlesite...considered in connection with the presence of soda niter also. To this point we shall recur later. It is...so, also exists in South America, where the soda niter of the Tarapaca and Atacama deserts is accompanied...thenardite, glauberite, soda alum, anhydrite, soda niter, and borax to the list of species. The salines themselves
Book
Ontario Ural Mountains, Russia Llallagua, Potosi, Bolivia Tristate Mining District, Mount Vesuvius, Italy...Australia; so most of the copper used today Bolivia; Chile; New Mexico; colour. It appears darker...(Queensland), Australia; San Baldomero, Tasna, Bolivia; South Dakota; Colorado; California Caution: Bismuth...Greenockite is actually Lavrion, Greece; Potosi, Bolivia; Silver Standard mine, the only proper ore of...Mexico; to light fires since prehistoric times. Bolivia; French Creek, Although it is rich in iron, it
Book (edition)
not at liberty to publish figure separately. Bolivia lias deposits of blue crocidolite, somewh.it inferior...inferior to cape blue, in the Chai>are region, Cochabamba Department. Fibers have a maximum length of o...South AuetnUift. . . Tascoomu WesUni AustfaliR . Bolivia.. Brazil. <*aJiada 1913 C4 11 4 7 10 0 106...district of Chile and elsewhere in Chile, Peru, Bolivia, and Argen¬ tina are probably of similar origin...360 NITROGEN AND NITRATES SODIUM NITRATE (SODA NITER OR CHILE SALTPETER) Composition. Sodium nitrate
Report (volume)
such as sylvine, kainite, carnallite, and Chilean niter. In one sample of kelp he found 22 grains of gold... Halite _____ ., __________ ______ -NaCI. Soda niter ________ _ _ ____ NaNO3. Sulphur, from reduction...considered in connection with the presence of soda niter also. To this point we shall recur later. It is...so, also exists in South America, where the soda niter of the Tarapaca and Atacama deserts is accompanied...thenardite, glauberite, soda alum, anhydrite, stfda niter, and borax to the list of species. The salines themselves
Journal (volume)
World’s Copper Production, 1896-1900 — Canada—Bolivia—Chile—China—Costa Rica—Cuba—India—Italy—Japan ...Newfoundland—Costa Rica—Nicaragua—Argentina — Bolivia — Brazil — Chile—Colombia—Ecuador—Peru—Uruguay—Venezuela—Russia...Wales—Queensland—South Australia—Tasmania — Western Australia— Bolivia—Burma—Java—Malay Peninsula—Russia—United Kingdom...Gold Austria-Hungary.. Gold [Gold Belgium. Silver Bolivia. Gold Brazil. Gold Canada . Central America......tinue to obtain their ores from Saxony, Bohemia, Bolivia and Yew South W ales. By far the greater part of
Book (volume)
heating or burning, some minerals give cooling (niter) On size taste, of ; acid i ; (arsenic...of Tertiary deposits in Spain. Nitrate of sodium Niter, Chile Saltpeter. white to reddish brown, gray...Valley, Cal. Soda Niter (Chile Saltpeter). Desert Lakes of Chile Lake Cochabamba, Bolivia Searle's Potassium...carbonate and sulphate of sodium and borax and niter as well. From Owen's Lake, California, both carbonate...accompaniment of these lakes. The greatest deposits of niter known Atacama and Tarapaca deserts of in the world
Book (edition)
form of chalcedony. From the copper deposits in Bolivia come splendid specimens of native copper perfectly...England. The famous cassiterite occurrences in Bolivia are sulfide veins which, as will be described later...priceite, mirabilite, probertite, searlesite, soda niter, sulfohalite, sylvite, thenardite, conite, METAMORPHIC...unusual, from sedimentary deposits at Corocoro, Bolivia. Best specimens show sharp crystals, but these...Borneo, and from from Los localities Animos, Bolivia. in Germany, Fine Czechoslo- Interesting specimens
 
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