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Boracite from
Choctaw Salt Dome, Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, Louisiana, USA


Locality type:Dome
Classification
Species:Boracite
Formula:Mg3(B7O13)Cl
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Anhydrite
Danburite
Hilgardite
Magnesite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Boracite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Choctaw Salt Dome, Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, Louisiana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:2137
Long-form Identifier:1:3:2137:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Boracite
35.7km (22.2 miles) ⓘDarrow dome (Donaldsonville dome), Darrow, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, USA
References
Hurlbut, Cornelius S., Taylor, and Ralph E. (1937) Hilgardite, a new mineral species, from Choctaw salt dome, Louisiana. American Mineralogist, 22 (10) 1052-1057
Hurlbut, Cornelius S., Taylor, and Ralph E. (1938) Notes on minerals associated with hilgardite. American Mineralogist, 23 (12) 898-902
 
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