Trona from
Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA

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Trona

Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA

Trona

Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA

Trona

Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA

Trona

Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA

Trona

Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA

Trona

Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA

Trona

Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA

Trona

Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA

Classification
Locality type:	Saline Lake
Species:	Trona
Formula:	Na₃H(CO₃)₂ · 2H₂O
Comments:	Second most abundant mineral. Thick layers of solid trona with borates. Lath-like crystals very common.
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:	Borax Burkeite Glauberite Hanksite Thénardite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Sulphohalite	5
Halite	2
Teepleite	1
Thénardite	1
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Trona data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Photo Gallery	View Gallery (8 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	135558
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:135558:1
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Localities for Trona in this Region
Well G.75, Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Trona

66.3km (41.2 miles)	ⓘ Bennetts Well, Inyo County, California, USA
84.0km (52.2 miles)	ⓘ Owens Lake, Olancha, Owens Valley, Inyo County, California, USA
References
American Mineralogist 50:281 Ayers, Edward F. (1889), Notes on the crystallization of trona (urao): American Journal of Science, 3rd. series: 38: 65-66 *Bailey, Gilbert E. (1902) The Saline Deposits of California. Bulletin* 24. California State Mining Bureaup.102 Gale, Hoyt Stoddard (1915), Salines in the Owens, Searles, and Panamint basins, southeastern California: USGS Bulletin 580: 294 Gale, Hoyt Stoddard (1915), Mineralogy of the Searles Lake deposits in Salines in the Owens, Searles, and Panamint basins, southeastern California: USGS Bulletin 580: 296-308 Foshag, William F. (1935) Burkeite, a new mineral species from Searles Lake, California. American Mineralogist, 20 (1) 50-56 Pabst, A., Sawyer, D. L. (1948) Tincalconite crystals from Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California. American Mineralogist, 33 (7-8) 472-481** Palache, Charles; Berman, Harry; Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Etc. John Wiley and Sons.pages 139, 340, 629 Smith, George Irving & W.P. Pratt (1957), Core logs from Owens, China, Searles and Panamint Basins, California: USGS Bulletin 1045-A: 27 *Speckels, Milton L. (1965) The Complete Guide to Micromounts:* - Minerals for Everyone. Gembooks. 96 pp. Moore, Thomas P. (2007) What's new in minerals - Tucson Show 2007. The Mineralogical Record, 38 (3) 211-230**

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Trona from Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA

Trona from
Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA