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Colemanite from
Corkscrew Canyon Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA


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Colemanite

Corkscrew Canyon Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District, Inyo County, California, USA
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Colemanite

Corkscrew Canyon Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District, Inyo County, California, USA
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Colemanite

Corkscrew Canyon Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District, Inyo County, California, USA
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Colemanite, etc.

Corkscrew Canyon Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District, Inyo County, California, USA
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Colemanite

Corkscrew Canyon Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District, Inyo County, California, USA
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Colemanite

Corkscrew Canyon Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District, Inyo County, California, USA
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Colemanite

Corkscrew Canyon Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District, Inyo County, California, USA
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Colemanite, etc.

Corkscrew Canyon Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District, Inyo County, California, USA
03464370017362075565283.jpg
Colemanite

Corkscrew Canyon Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District, Inyo County, California, USA
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Colemanite

Corkscrew Canyon Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District, Inyo County, California, USA
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Colemanite

Corkscrew Canyon Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District, Inyo County, California, USA
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Colemanite, etc.

Corkscrew Canyon Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District, Inyo County, California, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Colemanite
Formula:Ca[B3O4(OH)3] · H2O
Comments:The color of brown to coal black colemanite is due to the inclusions of todorokite.
Large pseudomorphs after inoyite has been found (Müehle 1974)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Nobleite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Nobleite14
Todorokite14
Inyoite11
Ulexite5
Tunellite3
Meyerhofferite2
Gowerite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Colemanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Corkscrew Canyon Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (31 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:135807
Long-form Identifier:1:3:135807:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Colemanite
0.6km (0.3 miles) ⓘUnnamed Borate occurrence [4], Travertine Point, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘMonte Blanco Mine, Monte Blanco, Black Mountains, Amargosa Range, Inyo County, California, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘCorkscrew Diversion Channel occurrence, Mouth of Corkscrew Canyon area, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
0.9km (0.5 miles) ⓘFurnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘUnnamed Borate prospects [22], Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘMott prospect (Mott Colemanite prospect; Mott open cut), Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘDebely Mine (De Bely Mine), Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘUnnamed Borate prospects [18], Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘMeridian claim, Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘSouth Meridian claim, Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
References
Schaller, Waldemar T. (1916) Inyoite and meyerhofferite, two new calcium borates. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 610 (Mineralogical Notes Series 3): 35-55. https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/0610/report.pdf
Erd, R. C., McAllister, J. F., Vlisidis, A. C. (1961) Nobleite, another new hydrous calcium borate from the Death Valley region, California. American Mineralogist, 46 (5-6) 560-571
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966). California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 228.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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