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


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Gerstleyite
Formula:Na2(Sb,As)8S13 · 2H2O
Comments:Occurs as spherules up to 1 inch (2.5 cm) diameter with a crude radial-fibrous structure; granular aggregates; groups of small, thick plates and parallel intergrowths with probertite.
Colour:Cinnabar-red to blackish red
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Berthierite
Borax
Probertite
Stibnite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Probertite4 photos of Gerstleyite associated with Probertite at this locality.
Kernite4 photos of Gerstleyite associated with Kernite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gerstleyite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:509979
Long-form Identifier:1:3:509979:5
GUID (UUID V4):bb39d9af-9c05-402e-88bf-06a789e3e41b
Localities for Gerstleyite in this Region
California Borate Company property, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
Rio Tinto Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
Baker Mine, 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 Gerstleyite
0.8km (0.5 miles) Rio Tinto Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Mudd Mine, West Baker, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) California Borate Company property, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Gerstleyite Na2 (Sb, As)8S13 • 2H2 O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic...85(7)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Baker mine, California, USA. 11.85 (100), 3.05 (90), 5.64 (70), 4.03 (70)...Total 92.07 100.00 100.00 (1) Baker mine, California, USA. (2) Analysis (1) recalculated to 100% after...Distribution: In the USA, from the Baker mine, Kramer borate deposit, Boron, Kern Co., California [TL]. Name:... D.C., USA, 106916. References: (1) Frondel, C. and V. Morgan (1956) Inderite and gerstleyite from the
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)
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_____________
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
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 (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)
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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