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


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Colemanite

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Billie Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District, Inyo County, California, USA
01630710017272010993173.jpg
Colemanite, etc.

Billie Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District, Inyo County, California, USA
06032820017272011003784.jpg
Colemanite

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

Billie Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District, Inyo County, California, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Colemanite
Formula:Ca[B3O4(OH)3] · H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Veatchite21
Celestine5
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Colemanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Billie Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (9 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:3844
Long-form Identifier:1:3:3844:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Colemanite
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘUnnamed Borate prospects [17], Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘUnnamed Borate prospects [21], Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘHard Scramble claim, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) ⓘBoraxo Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘSigma Mine (White Monster Mine; Sigma-White Monster Mine), Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘOliver claim (Neglect claim; Oliver Consolidated claim), Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘUnnamed Borate prospects [16], Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘLower Biddy McCarthy Mine (Little Biddy Mine), Biddy McCarthy Mines, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘPlayed Out Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘUnnamed Borate occurrence [3], Travertine Point, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
References
King, Vandall T., Robinson, George W. (1989) What's New in Minerals? - Sixteenth Annual Rochester Academy of Science Mineralogical Symposium. The Mineralogical Record, 20 (5) 387-399
Chandler, Clare David (1996) The Billie Mine, Death Valley, California. The Mineralogical Record, 27 (1) 35-40
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
Pekov, Igor V., Zubkova, Natalia V., Apollonov, Vladimir N., Yapaskupt, Vasiliy O., Britvin, Sergey N., Pushcharovsky, Dmitry Yu. (2024) A New Mineral Calcioveatchite, SrCaB11O16(OH)5·H2O, and the Veatchite–Calcioveatchite Isomorphous Series. Minerals, 14 (9). doi:10.3390/min14090901
 
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